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• 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.

• Complaining about your water company

  The complaints process for complaining about your water bill or supply, or the standard of service you have received from your water company in the first instance and what to do if you are not happy with what the water company has said

• 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

• Registering a civil partnership

  Information on how to register a civil partnership covering who can register, the cost of registering and special rules for sick and disabled people and people from abroad

• If someone's harassed you in housing

  Find out if you can take action about harassment from someone involved in your housing

• Changing your mind about something you've bought

  What you can do if you’ve changed your mind about something you’ve bought - your rights, whether you can take it back and get a refund or an exchange

• Maternity pay - what you're entitled to

  Find out whether you're entitled to statutory maternity pay, contractual maternity pay or Maternity Allowance

• How bailiffs should treat you if you're vulnerable

  Find out how bailiffs should treat you if you’re ‘vulnerable’ - including if you’re disabled, if you have a mental health problem or if you have young children