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Housing

Housing issues will always arise and therefore you need to know your rights and responsibilities. You could also find yourself threatened with eviction if you can't cope with your mortgage payments. On these pages you can find information about how to go about renting or buying a home or just finding somewhere to live. You can also find advice on handling problems with your landlord and help to avoid losing your home.

Renting privately

Get advice about renting from a private landlord if you have an assured shorthold tenancy. Most people have this type of tenancy.

Renting from the council or a housing association

Get advice on social housing, including if you're being evicted.

Homelessness

Get advice on applying for homeless help from the council, including making an application and challenging a decision.

Eviction for rent arrears

Details of the various types of possession orders that a judge can grant a landlord in order to evict their tenant.

Discrimination in housing

Check if you're being discriminated against in your housing and find out how to solve your problem.

Get housing help if you’re leaving or have left the armed forces

Check what housing help you can get if you’re leaving the armed forces or you’re a veteran. Check which organisations can offer support.

Check you have the ‘right to reside’ for housing

If you have pre-settled status or you’re waiting for a decision from the EU Settlement Scheme, check how to show you have the ‘right to reside’.

Showing habitual residence to get help with housing

If you moved or returned to the UK in the last 2 years, check if you need to be habitually resident and what evidence you need to prove it.