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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

• 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

• Applying for a JSA hardship payment

  Find out who can get a JSA hardship payment and how much you’ll get. Find out how to apply for a JSA hardship payment

• 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

• If you’re offered an unsuitable council or housing association home

  Check if the home you're offered is suitable for your needs. Check how to refuse the housing offer if it isn't suitable

• Moving to another council home or housing association home

  If your council home doesn’t meet your needs, you might be able to move to a different one. Find out more about mutual exchange and tenancy transfer

• How an extra bedroom affects your Housing Benefit

  Find out how an extra bedroom affects your housing benefit. Check if your room counts as an extra room and if you're allowed an extra bedroom

• Check if the Benefit Cap will affect your Housing Benefit

  Check how much the benefit cap is and whether it will affect your housing benefit. The cap is a limit to the total amount of money you can get

• What is Universal Credit?

  What is Universal Credit and how it works - including how it's different from other benefits and what other benefits you can claim at the same time

• If you get a ‘section 8’ eviction notice

  Know when your landlord can give you a section 8 notice, check your section 8 notice is valid and find out what to do if it's not valid