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• Withholding rent because repairs haven't been done

  The procedure that social housing tenants must follow if you decide to use your rent to pay for repairs and the risks of withholding rent when the landlord has not carried out repairs

• Making an employment tribunal claim

  Find out how to start your claim, how to fill in the claim form, what happens if you want to change it after you've sent

• Challenge the council’s decision about your housing application

  Check what to do if you disagree with the council's decision. Check how to ask for a review - this depends on why you’re challenging the decision

• Check if you're working more than the 48-hour limit

  Check if you're working more than the legal limit of 48 hours a week. Find out what you can do if your employer is asking you to work over the limit

• Complaining about the condition of your shared house

  Check what you can do if your landlord doesn’t keep your home in a good condition. Check if you live in a ‘house in multiple occupation’ (HMO

• If you want to sell your home and rent it back

  Check the risks of using sale and rent back schemes and the rules firms must follow

• Check your rights as an agency worker

  Find out what rights you have and what extra rights you get after 12 weeks in the same job with the same organisation

• Get help paying for energy efficiency home improvements

  Check if you’re eligible for funding or grants to make your home more energy efficient. Get help with the cost of insulation, boilers or improving your heating