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• 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

• Creditors still chasing you after you go bankrupt

  After you go bankrupt, your creditors usually shouldn't contact you to ask you to pay your debt. There are some exceptions. Find out more

• 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

• Challenging a Housing Benefit decision

  How to appeal if you've been refused Housing Benefit or your payments have been reduced

• Deciding if you should apply for SMI

  What to think about before you apply for support for mortgage interest (SMI) if you get benefits

• Check if you’re protected from disability discrimination

  Understand how the Equality Act defines disability. The Equality Act is the law that stops employers, businesses and providers discriminating against you

• Paying child maintenance through the CMS

  Find out when you have to pay child maintenance, how much you'll have to pay and how to pay

• Rights while you're on maternity leave

  Check your legal rights on how your employer has to treat you when you're away from work on maternity leave