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Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.

• Updated: 26 September 2025

Renting a room in your home out - Rent a Room Scheme, types of tenancy or licence, rent, bills, tax and ending a letting

• Becoming a resident landlord

  You’re a resident landlord if you let out part of a property which is your…

• The Rent a Room Scheme

  The Rent a Room Scheme lets you earn up to a threshold of £7,500 per year…

• Your lodger's tenancy type

  The way you share your home with a lodger affects what kind of tenancy…

• Rent, bills and tax

  Rent You can charge what you want for rent but should agree the amount…

• Ending a letting

  How to end an excluded tenancy or licence If your lodger is an excluded…

• Houses in Multiple Occupation

  Your property may be classed as an House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) if…

The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.

• Updated: 18 September 2024

How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.

• Updated: 27 March 2025

Getting a UK background check so you can apply for Global Entry and get through USA border control faster: how to apply, how much it costs

The legal process of home repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs

Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply

An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.

Make arrangements to return home voluntarily if you're in the UK illegally or have claimed asylum by assisted return, voluntary return, AVR, VRS

Capital Gains Tax if you're a non-resident selling a UK home: when you get a tax relief called Private Residence Relief, how to tell HMRC you've sold the property, how to work out your gain