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• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax’.

• Check if you’re allowed an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out if you can get Housing Benefit for another room in your council home because you have a disability or someone is away from home.

• The council says you've had a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Check if you’ve actually been overpaid Housing Benefit and find out how to challenge a overpayment.

• Check how much Housing Benefit you can get

  Find out how much housing benefit you can get. You might be able to get all your rent paid or just some of it depending on your circumstances.

• Getting repairs done if you rent from a council or housing association

  Getting repairs done if you rent from a council or housing association How to report repairs Complaining about your landlord's failure to make repairs Using the right to repair scheme Offsetting rent arrears because repairs haven't been done Withholding rent because repairs haven't been done

• Get housing help if you’re leaving or have left the armed forces

  Check what housing help you can get if you’re leaving the armed forces or you’re a veteran. Check which organisations can offer support.

• Check your housing status if you rent from a private landlord

  Check what type of tenancy or other housing status you have if you rent from a private landlord. The rules depend on the date your tenancy started.

• If you get a ‘section 21’ eviction notice from a housing association

  Check your section 21 notice is valid, find out what to do if it's not valid and make sure you know what to do before you need to leave your home