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• Understanding your tenancy agreement

  Check what terms can be in your tenancy agreement. Check documents your landlord needs to give you and what counts as an unfair agreement

• Check if your immigration status lets you get benefits and help with housing

  Check if you’re allowed to claim public funds. Check what counts as public funds, and what else you might be able to claim

• Check if you can pay less council tax

  Find out if you can get a discount on your council tax. If you’re on a low income, check if you can apply for Council Tax Reduction

• Starting a homeless application

  Find how to apply to the council for help if you’re homeless

• Taking action about human rights

  Things to think about before taking action about a breach of human rights, including checking a breach took place and choosing the best course of action for you

• Your options if your employer offers you another job

  Know when you can refuse an alternative job and take your redundancy pay instead. Make the most of your right to try out an alternative job for up to 4 weeks

• Taking legal action about discrimination

  Process for taking court action about discrimination, including sending a letter before a claim, filling out a claim form and how a defendant should respond

• Stopping bailiffs at your door

  Check how to stop bailiffs coming into your home and what to do if they break the rules

• Check you have the ‘right to reside’ for housing

  If you have pre-settled status or you’re waiting for a decision from the EU Settlement Scheme, check how to show you have the ‘right to reside

• Check if you can complain about mis-sold PPI

  Find out if you’ve had payment protection insurance (PPI) and if you can get your money back - it might have been added without telling you