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Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
What you need to know about capital gains tax, insurance and mortgages, or if you are a leaseholder.
Information for landlords in England on tenant eviction: assured shorthold tenancies, including eviction notices, Section 21, Section 8, accelerated possession, possession orders, bailiffs
Guidance for landlords, homeowners and letting agents affected by the introduction of right to rent immigration checks.
Information about next steps when you have sponsored a guest for 6 months.
Civilian housing options and general advice available to veterans
As a tenant renting out a commercial property, you have certain responsibilities including maintenance, health and safety, and making provisions for your staff and visitors
Using deposit protection schemes - the official schemes, information you must give tenants, what happens if you do not protect a deposit, disputes and advice
If your guests are not ready to leave sponsorship and move into their own alternative accommodation, but you can no longer accommodate them, they may want to find a new host.
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
Find examples to help landlords avoid common mistakes when working out and reporting income and profit from renting out a property.
How to end a commercial lease early, what happens if you break the terms of your lease, use a clause in your agreement
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
Information relating to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill which was introduced to Parliament on 27 November 2023.
Park (mobile) home owner rights and responsibilities - fees and repairs, selling or giving away a home and residents' associations, settling disputes
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