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• Check if your housing problem is discrimination

  Find out if your landlord, letting agent or someone else involved in your housing is discriminating against you under the law

• Get help with a problem at work

  Information on sources of help to deal with problems in the workplace, including trade unions, legal help, advice agencies and other organisations

• Care homes

  Details for organisations that can give information about care homes including choosing a care home, paying for residential care and mediation when there are disputes

• Check your options for getting out of debt

  There are things you can do to get out of debt if you are struggling to pay them

• Appealing against a parking ticket when someone else was driving

  How to appeal a parking ticket if someone else was driving, for example if you car was stolen or license plate copied

• Sheriff powers in civil legal action of £5,000 or less

  Find out what actions the sheriff can take in civil legal action below the value of £5,000

• Rent arrears and other debts in student housing

  Information on what can happen if debts such as rent arrears are not paid to a student housing provider

• What to do when your home is flooded

  Information on practical steps to take and advice on staying safe when you are flooded.

• Pension and compensation schemes for the armed forces, veterans and their families

  Information on pension schemes for current and former members of the armed forces. Covers types of scheme, help for war widows and widowers, help for people who sustained injuries during their service and sources of further help

• Schemes that can help if you can’t pay your mortgage

  Information on schemes which help homeowners who are struggling to pay their mortgage, including government-backed and private schemes and schemes run by local councils and housing associations