Housing and communities

Services

Search for land and property information

Find a property and get its title plan, title register and see who owns it
Find out your rubbish collection day

Check your council's website to find out when your rubbish will be collected
Housing Benefit

Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Apply for council housing

Apply for council housing through your local council - you'll usually have to join a waiting list
Get a new energy certificate

Get a new energy certificate for your property: energy performance certificate (EPC), display energy certificate (DEC) or air conditioning inspection certificate. Find an assessor to get a certificate.

HM Land Registry: Registration Services fees
- Detailed guide
- 20 April 2023
- HM Land Registry
Contact HM Land Registry
- Detailed guide
- 13 December 2022
- HM Land Registry
Assured tenancy forms
- Detailed guide
- 15 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Start paying Council Tax
- Detailed guide
- 22 January 2016
- Valuation Office Agency
How to rent
- Guidance
- 24 March 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Homes England announces new information hub for housing professionals
- 20 September 2023
- Homes England
- Press release
National Housing Federation Conference 2023: Minister Maclean's speech
- 15 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Speech
Windrush Alliance UK Community Interest Company
- 13 September 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- Decision
Regulatory judgements and notices, and gradings under review
- 13 September 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- Decision
RSH finds Windrush in breach of the economic standards
- 13 September 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- News story

Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: 6 to 17 September 2023
- 22 September 2023
- Office for National Statistics
- Official statistics
Northern Ireland Homelessness Bulletin January - June 2023
- 21 September 2023
- Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, and Northern Ireland Housing Executive
- Official statistics
House price statistics for small areas in England and Wales: year ending March 2023
- 20 September 2023
- Office for National Statistics
- Official statistics
Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: August 2023
- 20 September 2023
- Office for National Statistics
- Official statistics
UK House Price Index: July 2023
- 20 September 2023
- Office for National Statistics
- National statistics

Consultation on fees
- 5 September 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- Open consultation
- Closing date 31 October 2023
Transforming the ONS’s household financial statistics
- 17 August 2023
- Office for National Statistics
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 24 February 2023
Consultation on the consumer standards
- 16 August 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- Open consultation
- Closing date 17 October 2023
Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS): review outcomes and next steps
- 7 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Policy paper
Older People's Housing Taskforce - call for evidence
- 24 July 2023
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Open call for evidence

RSH spending over £250 - 2023
- 25 September 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- Transparency
Registered providers of social housing – updated monthly
- 13 September 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- Transparency
Homes England spend for transactions over £250
- 22 August 2023
- Homes England
- Transparency
RSH Board minutes 2023
- 11 August 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- Transparency
RSH Prompt payment data
- 9 August 2023
- Regulator of Social Housing
- Transparency