Housing and local services - GOV.UK Cookies on GOV.UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. View cookies Most viewed Find an energy certificate Find your local council Check your Council Tax band Topics Council housing and housing associations Includes Right to Buy, shared ownership, getting repairs and housing benefit Renting a property Includes proving your right to rent with a share code or documents, tenancy agreements and deposits Buying and owning a property Includes buying and selling your home, home ownership schemes, mortgages and compensation Council Tax Includes council tax appeals, bands, discounts and reductions Being a landlord and renting out a room Includes right to rent checks, evicting tenants, tenancy agreements and deposit protection schemes Local councils and services Find and access local services Household energy Includes energy support, grants, energy performance certificates (EPCs), energy saving and renewable energy for your home Planning permission and building regulations Includes building regulations, planning permission and finding land and property information Repossessions, homelessness, emergency housing and evictions Includes help with homelessness, evictions and squatting Recycling and rubbish Includes collecting large waste items, garden waste and reporting problems Noise, neighbours, pets and pests Includes neighbour disputes, reporting noise nuisance, pest control and looking after pets Streets, roads, pavements and buildings Includes street cleaning, traffic lights and reporting problems Safety and the environment in your community Includes smoke control areas, road safety and crime prevention Is this page useful? Maybe Thank you for your feedback Help us improve GOV.UK To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab