Housing and local services

Your legal obligations and rights when renting, buying or owning a home, plus information about Council Tax, what to do if you're homeless and where to get help if you have a housing dispute.

• Being a landlord and renting out a room

  Includes tenancy agreements, deposit schemes and eviction

• Council Tax

  Includes bands, arrears, appeals and Council Tax Reduction

• Council housing and housing association

  Applying for housing, home ownership schemes and sheltered housing

• Local councils and services

  Includes running community events and projects, libraries and help in the community

• Noise, neighbours, pets and pests

  Information about reporting problems to your local council

• Owning and renting a property

  Stamp Duty Land Tax, Help to Buy scheme, buying, selling and renting property

• Planning permission and building regulations

  Applying for planning permission, conservation areas and planning decisions

• Recycling, rubbish, streets and roads

  Information about reporting a problem with your local neighbourhood

• Repossessions, emergency housing and evictions

  Includes evictions, emergency housing, repossession and squatters

• Safety and the environment in your community

  Includes waste, rubbish and recycling, noise pollution and local emergencies