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• Paying your water bills if you're renting

  Payment issues and problems you may have as a tenant with your water bill and what you can do

• Using a food bank

  How to get emergency food from a food bank. You can get a referral or look for a food bank that you don't need a referral for, such as ones ran by a church

• If your flat isn't fire safe

  Find out what to do if your landlord asks you to move out after a fire safety check

• Rules debt management plan providers must follow

  Explains the rules, set by the Financial Conduct Authority, that all debt management plan providers must follow

• Get housing help if you’re leaving or have left the armed forces

  Check what housing help you can get if you’re leaving the armed forces or you’re a veteran. Check which organisations can offer support

• Pension and compensation schemes for the armed forces, veterans and their families

  Information on pension schemes for current and former members of the armed forces. Covers types of scheme, help for war widows and widowers, help for people who sustained injuries during their service and sources of further help

• Complaining about your private landlord

  Find out how to complain about your landlord if they’re not doing what they should and know when you can take court action

• Complaining about your letting agent

  Find out how to complain about your letting agent if you’re unhappy with their service and know when you can take court action

• If you're sending the form back late

  If you're late sending back the form you must still fill it in and send it as soon as you can. If you have a good reason the DWP might decide to accept

• Other information

  Read about giving other information which does not fit anywhere else on the ESA form. You can use extra sheets of paper if there’s not enough space in the box