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If you require further information on renting or letting you may find the following internet links useful.

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General information
Housing Acts
Tenancy Agreements
Tenancy Deposit Protection
Local Housing Allowance
Benefits and Council Tax
Affordable Housing
Disputes
Useful links for landlords
Sale and rent back

General information

Communities and Local Government: Information about Housing
DirectGov: House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
DirectGov: Private renting
HMRC: Rent a room scheme
Shelter (Housing advice helpline 0808 800 4444)
Advice Guide: Housing
The Leasehold Advisory Service
National Approved Letting Scheme
Letlink
RICS lettings market survey
RICS Housing Market Forecast 2012

Housing Acts

Housing Act 2004 England and Wales
Housing Act 2010 Scotland

Tenancy Agreements

Advice Guide: Tenancy Agreements
Advice Guide: Common Problems With Renting
OFT: Guidance on unfair tenancy terms (Sept 2005)

Tenancy Deposit Protection

Communities and Local Government: Tenancy Deposit Protection
Arla: Tenancy Deposit Protection
The Deposit Protection Service
Mydeposits
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme

Local Housing Allowance

Directgov - An introduction to Local Housing Allowance for Tenants
DWP - Local Housing Allowance
DWP: Background to Local Housing Allowance

Benefits and Council Tax

Directgov: Housing Benefit
Directgov: Council Tax Benefit
Directgov: council tax rates

Affordable Housing

The Tenant Services Authority
National Housing Federation
Communities and Local Government: Delivering Affordable Housing

Disputes

Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
Directgov: Small Claims
Housing Ombudsman Service

Useful links for landlords

National Landlords Association
Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla)
Landlord Zone
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Furniture Flammability Regulations - quick facts

Buy-to-let mortgages

The Money Advice Service
Moneyfacts: Buy-to-let mortgages
Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)

Stamp duty

HM Revenue & Customs: Stamp Duty
HM Revenue & Customs: Stamp Duty relief

Landlords' Energy Saving Allowance

HMRC: Extension To Landlord's Energy Saving Allowance

Energy Performance Certificates

Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and renting homes: A landlord's guide
Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings
British Property Federation factsheet on energy performance certificates

SALE AND RENT BACK

HM Treasury: Sale and rent back
FSA regulation aims to address consumer problems in sale and rent back market
OFT - Sale and rent back
Office of Fair Trading
Financial Services Authority
National Landlords Association
Shelter
FSA Treating customers fairly



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