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Form TR1 to transfer a property.
Private renting as a tenant - repairs, rent increases and arrears, settling disputes, deposits and your rights and responsibilities.
Get help and advice from your local council if you're homeless or about to lose your home.
Apply for financial help to make your home suitable for a disabled person
Application form OC2 for official copies of documents.
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
Green Deal home and business energy-saving improvements - assessments, repayments, Home Improvement Fund scheme
Your council must help if you’re legally homeless or will become homeless within 8 weeks. Help may include advice, emergency housing or longer-term housing.
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) helps homeowners on certain benefits pay interest on loans or mortgages - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim.
Information about Housing Benefit from your local council - apply to help pay your rent
Tenant's guide to deposit protection schemes - your deposit, information landlords must provide, disputes and advice.
If a tenant is having difficulty paying their rent, apply for a Managed Payment to Landlord using the Apply for a Direct Rent Payment service to request payment of rent from a tenant’s Universal Credit.
How to search for information about property and land in England and Wales - find out who owns it, how much was paid for it, how to get a scanned copy of the deeds and how to check the property boundaries
Application form ID1 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
Get support from your local health protection team (HPT) to prevent and reduce the effect of diseases and chemical and radiation hazards
Landlord responsibilities when renting out your property, including making repairs, health and safety, increasing the rent and changing regulated tenancies.
You can no longer apply for a Help to Buy: Equity Loan - find out about interest rates and how to manage your Help to Buy: Equity Loan.
Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants
You must check that a tenant or lodger can legally rent your residential property in England.
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