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• Check your rights as a lodger

  Find out what rights you have if you're a lodger. You can also check what support you can get if you need help with housing

• Getting a Universal Credit budgeting advance

  Find out how to get a Universal Credit budgeting advance, a loan for emergency and one-off expenses. Who’s eligible, how much you'll get and how to apply

• Repossession by your landlord's mortgage lender

  Check what happens if your landlord hasn't paid their mortgage. Check if you'll be evicted or if you have the right to stay

• 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

• What's the public sector equality duty?

  What the public sector equality duty is and how public authorities must comply with it to make sure no-one is disadvantaged by their policies or decisions

• Public sector equality duty - taking legal action

  Things to think about when taking legal action against a public authority for failing to meet the public sector equality duty, covering judicial review, time limits and remedies

• Your debt management plan provider has closed

  What you should do next if your debt management company closes down. Debt management providers sometimes go bust or have their licence taken away

• Before you get work done on your home

  Check how to comply with permissions and regulations, avoid building disputes and problems with home improvements, renovations and repairs

• 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

• Preparing to apply for pre-settled and settled status

  Find out what you need for your settled status application. Check which documents you might need before you apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. Find out what to do if you think you have a criminal record