Housing and debt

What this chapter covers

• Rental housing
  When you have to keep paying rent, managing a fixed-term tenancy, what happens to furniture and belongings left in a rental and resolving disagreements with your landlord
• Mortgages
  What to do if you have a mortgage
• Debts and bills
  Your responsibilities to pay bills and what to do if you can’t pay
• Avoiding debts
  Information about going bankrupt
• Debts related to my offending
  What is a “civil debt” and how you can manage them
• Giving other people power to deal with issues on the outside
  Power of attorney