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Housing

Renting with pets: Know your rights
a woman sitting on a bed using a laptop, with a golden retriever lying beside her
renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

Renting with pets and finding pet-friendly housing can be a minefield. But there are options – and ways to win over your landlord
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

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?
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?

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I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
Harleen Nottay presenter of UNTOLD, SCAMMED: BRITAIN’S RENTAL RIP OFF
RENTING

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

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?

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

What is a retaliatory eviction?

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