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• If you're offered housing because you're homeless

  Check what kind of accommodation the council is offering. Check if it's suitable for you to live in, and what you can do if it isn't suitable

• If you're worried about someone's gambling

  Get help to deal with someone else's gambling - including emotional support and advice on how to protect your money and belongings.

• Agreeing maintenance between you

  Find out what to include in a private child maintenance arrangement and where you can get help to make one

• Income Support - how much you can get

  Find out how much Income Support you could get, including additional payments for housing costs

• If you can't take your holiday because you're ill

  Find out what you can do if you’re sick before on on a holiday, if you can postpone your holiday and when you can take it, including in the following year

• Get help with the cost of renting privately

  Check if you can get help to pay your rent or council tax. Check if you can get Universal Credit for housing costs or a council tax reduction

• If your bank account is frozen after you go bankrupt

  Find out what to do if your bank account is frozen after you go bankrupt, including how to open a new account or get a prepaid debit card

• 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

• If you can't keep to your jobseeker's agreement

  What to do if you can’t keep to your jobseeker's agreement because of illness, emergencies or changes to your situation

• Debt management plans - what you need to know

  Introduction to debt management plans, explaining what they are, how they work and who can get one