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Housing

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Being out in cold weather can be dangerous, especially if you have nowhere else to go. Here’s how to help people who are homeless in winter
Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?
A plumber is reaching up into the bottom of a boiler in a white room
Renting

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
RENTING

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

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Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
looking down on a table that has a notebook open on it alongside a pen, calculator and an apple // housing benefit
Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property
a horizontal view of the top floors on a row of terraced houses
Housing

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property

Can you get a mortgage on benefits?
a person's hands are seen pasting a 'sold' sticker over a 'for sale' sign outside a house
housing

Can you get a mortgage on benefits?

Lodger rights: Everything you need to know
lodger rights
renting

Lodger rights: Everything you need to know

Getting a lodger: How to get started
housing

Getting a lodger: How to get started

What is a sitting tenant?
renting

What is a sitting tenant?

Habitual residence test: How to get help with housing
housing

Habitual residence test: How to get help with housing

What happens at a possession hearing?
eviction

What happens at a possession hearing?

What are service charges? Everything you need to know
a worker replastering a wall
renting

What are service charges? Everything you need to know

What is a restrictive covenant?
housing

What is a restrictive covenant?

Section 21 eviction notice: What you should know
several moving boxes stacked on a palette
renting

Section 21 eviction notice: What you should know

Facing eviction? Everything you need to know
set of keys on a table attached to a keyring in the shape of a house
renting

Facing eviction? Everything you need to know

Section 8 eviction notice: Everything you need to know
a woman surrounded by moving boxes carrying a larger box
renting

Section 8 eviction notice: Everything you need to know

What is an illegal eviction?
a man knelt down fixing the lock on a door
renting

What is an illegal eviction?

Will the council rehouse me if I get evicted?
a block of council flats
social housing

Will the council rehouse me if I get evicted?

What is a retaliatory eviction?
A to let sign outside a row of houses
renting

What is a retaliatory eviction?

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Disabled facilities grant: What is it and can I get one?
A woman in a wheelchair cutting food on a kitchen counter
housing

Disabled facilities grant: What is it and can I get one?

Home improvement grants: What you should know
a construction worker installing insulation
housing

Home improvement grants: What you should know

Gas safety checks in rented properties
renting

Gas safety checks in rented properties

What to do about a leak from the flat above
A man fixing a leaking kitchen tap
housing

What to do about a leak from the flat above