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• Switching energy supplier or tariff if you’re renting

  Find out if you can switch supplier and whether you need to ask your landlord

• Information landlords ask for when you start renting

  Check what information you might need to start renting from a private landlord. Check how to prove you have the ‘right to rent’ in the UK.

• Rent arrears

  Overview and content list for rent arrears. Get help and advice on dealing with rent arrears, eviction and what to do if you're taken to court.

• Paying rent

  Paying rent Get help with the cost of renting privately Dealing with rent arrears Check if your landlord can increase your rent Challenging a rent increase

• Challenging a rent increase

  Find out if you can challenge your section 13 rent increase for free at a tribunal and check what evidence you need to send with your application.

• Eviction for rent arrears

  Details of the various types of possession orders that a judge can grant a landlord in order to evict their tenant

• Dealing with rent arrears

  Check you’re responsible for paying rent arrears, find a way of affordably repaying them and make sure you're getting all the help you're entitled to.

• Check if your landlord can increase your rent

  Find out how to deal with a rent increase, find out how to negotiate to get a lower rent and check how you can challenge your rent increase.

• You are taken to court for rent arrears

  Information about the procedure a landlord must follow in order to take a tenant to court for rent arrears, special rules for social housing landlords, notice periods, what happens and a court hearing and the type of orders a judge can make.

• Rent and mortgage arrears - administration orders

  Lists the types of debts which can be included in an administration order, those that can't (and what to do about them), the limit on the amount of debt and whether to include joint debts