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• Ask the council for money or help to do repairs

  Local authority powers and financial help available to private rented tenants and landlords to cover the cost of repairs or improvements

• Income Support - how much you can get

  Find out how much Income Support you could get, including additional payments for housing costs

• Get help with scams

  Find out how to contact our Scams Action service for advice about online scams

• Check your personal alarm will work after the landline switch off

  Check how the switch to digital landlines might affect your telecare and other alarms. Check what to do to avoid problems when you switch

• If your Housing Benefit is stopped or reduced

  Find out why your Housing Benefit payments have changed and what you can do about

• Check what bailiffs can take

  Check what bailiffs can take and stop them taking things they shouldn’t

• Get help with the cost of living

  Check what extra help you could get if you're struggling with the cost of living

• After you get refugee status

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