Housing
- How many people in the UK own their own home? What is a mortgage?
- What do estate agents do? What do solicitors and surveyors do?
- How is the process of buying a house different in Scotland?
- Which organisations can people rent houses from?
- How do people apply for council accommodation? What is a shared ownership scheme? What is a tenancy agreement?
- Which organisations offer help to homeless people?
Services in and for the home
- Where can people find information on how to pay for water, gas, electricity and telephone services? What are the different ways to pay these bills?
- How and where is refuse (rubbish) collected?
- What does local government spend council tax on? What does the amount of council tax charged depend on? Which groups of people can receive council tax reductions or benefits?
- What is buildings and household insurance?
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