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Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.

Information about moving to, living or retiring in the USA – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 11 December 2025

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.

• How Right to Shared Ownership works

  The Right to Shared Ownership scheme allows some tenants in England to buy…

• Who can apply

  You may be eligible to buy a share of your rented home through the Right…

• Costs

  When you apply for Right to Shared Ownership, you’ll need to make sure you…

• Paying rent

  For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent for the share you do not…

• How to apply

  There are 9 steps to apply for Right to Shared Ownership. 1. Tell your…

• Buying more shares ('staircasing')

  You can buy more shares in your home after you become a shared owner. This…

• Selling your home

  You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own a 100%…

• Repairs and home improvements

  When you buy a home with Right to Shared Ownership, your lease will have…

• Renting out all or part of your home (subletting)

  You’ll usually need to get the landlord’s permission to rent out (sublet)…

• Help and advice

  MoneyHelper You can get free, impartial advice from MoneyHelper. This…

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.

Guidance primarily for local responders covering some infrastructure issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of a UK emergency.

• Updated: 20 February 2013

People with a long-term disability looking to buy a suitable home on the open market may be able to do so using the HOLD shared ownership scheme.

• Updated: 3 December 2025

What structural alterations are, when and how to apply for permission, how they may affect your home's value and what you owe on your equity loan.

• Updated: 4 February 2022

• Updated: 26 February 2024

A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.

• Updated: 1 October 2009

This guide explains when a home can be removed from the Council Tax list, for example, if it’s derelict, being rebuilt, demolished, or now used for business. It also covers why homes undergoing routine repairs cannot be removed.

• Updated: 7 October 2025