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How to take court action to repossess a property or evict a tenant if you're owed money for rent or a mortgage
This consultation seeks views on implementing the government’s decision to remove Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 and improving section 8 eviction grounds.
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.
Park (mobile) home owner rights and responsibilities - fees and repairs, selling or giving away a home and residents' associations, settling disputes
Tenants can use this form to tell the court why they have rent arrears and if they disagree with what their landlord has put on the ‘claim for possession’ form.
Guidance for creditors of a debt that has been placed in a ‘breathing space’.
Information and useful services for veterans seeking housing advice and support.
A tenancy agreement is a contract between you and a landlord - ending a tenancy, changing a tenancy, tenancy types and assured shorthold tenancies
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
How to apply for a housing association home, types of tenancy agreement and the Right to Acquire
The legal process of repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs
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