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• Deciding what to do about housing discrimination

  Find out what you can do to solve your problem and get everything ready before you take action

• Is your home at risk if your partner is bankrupt?

  Explains what could happen to your home, if you own or rent it jointly with a partner who goes bankrupt.

• Creditor objects to an administration order

  Explains what happens if one of your creditors objects to the administration order and what to do if creditors are still chasing you, while the order is being set up

• Paying back a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Find out the different ways you can pay back a Housing Benefit overpayment, and what to do if you can’t afford to pay anything at all

• Check how council tax works and if you have to pay

  Check if you have to pay council tax and what to do if you think your tax band is wrong. Check if you have to pay for an empty property

• Check if a change affects your Housing Benefit

  Find out what changes of circumstances to tell your local council so you get the right amount of Housing Benefit

• After you get refugee status

  Finding new housing and applying for benefits after you get refugee status

• Going to your eviction hearing

  Go to your court hearing - it’s the best way to keep your home. Find out what to tell the court and what happens if you’re asked to leave your home

• If your Universal Credit is reduced or stopped

  Find out why your Universal Credit payment might be reduced or stopped, and advice on what you can do about it. You'll be notified if your payment changes

• Staying in your council home when someone dies

  Check if you can take over a council or housing association tenancy. Check what happens if you can’t take over the tenancy