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What to do if you think you've noticed a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
Renting a room in your home out - Rent a Room Scheme, types of tenancy or licence, rent, bills, tax and ending a letting
You’re a resident landlord if you let out part of a property which is your…
The Rent a Room Scheme lets you earn up to a threshold of £7,500 per year…
The way you share your home with a lodger affects what kind of tenancy…
Rent You can charge what you want for rent but should agree the amount…
How to end an excluded tenancy or licence If your lodger is an excluded…
Your property may be classed as an House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) if…
How to meet our identity verification standard when verifying someone’s identity for Companies House.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
Guidance for local authorities and other registered building control approvers (formerly known as independent approved inspectors) compiling quarterly information about new permanent dwellings, which is used for house building quarterly returns.
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.
This report examines key themes from our regulation of social landlords over the past year, covering our governance, financial viability and consumer standards.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
Hear first-hand experiences of the challenges and advantages of owning your own business, with advice on how to get started.
How to apply for a document to travel outside the UK if you're not British and you cannot use or get your own national passport.
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