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• Before you get work done on your home

  Check how to comply with permissions and regulations, avoid building disputes and problems with home improvements, renovations and repairs

• Getting benefits if you’ve recently moved to the UK

  Check how to show you’re habitually resident, pass the ‘past presence test’ or pass the ‘3-month living in test

• Domestic abuse

  Find out what you can do when you're fleeing from violence in the home, including finding emergency accommodation

• Deportation and living in the UK illegally

  Information about deportation and living in the UK illegally. Find out your options if you're living in the UK illegally and what to do if you're deported

• Complaints about landlords and letting agents

  Complaints about landlords and letting agents Complaining about your private landlord Complaining about your letting agent

• Local council support for children and families

  Local council support for children and families. Find out about getting help from the council, if your child is taken into care by them and how to complain

• Benefits, services and your immigration status

  Information about benefits, services and your immigration status. Check if your immigration status lets you get benefits and healthcare

• Repairs and housing conditions if you're renting

  Repairs and housing conditions if you're renting Repairs and housing conditions if you're renting

• Repairs and housing conditions if you're renting

  Check what repairs your landlord has to do, and your options if they don't. Check what you can do about some common repair problems

• Using storage heaters and immersion heaters correctly

  Check how to use electric storage heaters and immersion heaters. Make sure you’re using your heaters correctly