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)
Published in June 2010, the 28th edition of our bestselling Guide covers all the new benefit rules across the UK. Read more 
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 
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 
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 
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 
Housing benefit & local housing allowance
Essential guide to claiming housing benefit and local housing allowance in the private rented sector. Read more 
Relationship breakdown
An outline of the housing rights you have if you are splitting up with a partner or spouse. Read more 
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 
Council tenancies
Provides information about the rights and responsibilities council tenants have. It also explains how councils decide who they should house. Read more 
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 
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