Housing advice guides

Guides and handbooks on housing law, rights and benefits, aimed at a general audience looking for information and practical advice on housing and homelessness issues.

Guide to Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit 2010-2011 (published June 2010)

Guide to Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit 2010-2011 (published June 2010)

Published in June 2010, the 28th edition of our bestselling Guide covers all the new benefit rules across the UK. Read more 

Price: £26 (excluding VAT)

Housing rights guide 2010-11

Housing rights guide 2010-11

The ‘Housing rights guide’ is an indispensable reference book widely used by advisers and people with housing problems. Read more 

Price: £17.5 (excluding VAT)

Student housing and the law

Student housing and the law

This new handbook provides comprehensive information for all those involved in housing students, and advising them about their housing rights. Read more 

Price: £20 (excluding VAT)

Asylum seekers & refugees

Asylum seekers & refugees

This guide explains the general help and housing support you are entitled to if you are either an asylum seeker, a refugee, or an appealing or unsuccessful asylum seeker. Read more 

Price: £0.55 (excluding VAT)

Finding a place to live

Finding a place to live

This guide provides information about housing options. It explains how to get temporary accommodation and how to find a more permanent home. Read more 

Price: £0.55 (excluding VAT)

Housing benefit & local housing allowance

Housing benefit & local housing allowance

Essential guide to claiming housing benefit and local housing allowance in the private rented sector. Read more 

Price: £0.55 (excluding VAT)

Relationship breakdown

Relationship breakdown

An outline of the housing rights you have if you are splitting up with a partner or spouse. Read more 

Price: £0.55 (excluding VAT)

Getting repairs done

Getting repairs done

Essential guide to getting repairs done to your home, dealing with the rights of tenants and licensees of houses, flats and rooms. Read more 

Price: £0.55 (excluding VAT)

Council tenancies

Council tenancies

Provides information about the rights and responsibilities council tenants have. It also explains how councils decide who they should house. Read more 

Price: £0.55 (excluding VAT)

Private tenancies: paying a deposit

Private tenancies: paying a deposit

Guide to deposits for people who rent, or are looking to rent, a home from a private landlord in England and Wales. Read more 

Price: £0.55 (excluding VAT)