Local Housing
Allowance rates
Local Housing Allowance (LHA)
rates are set by the Rent Officer, who works for the Department of
Work and Pensions.
Important information
Are you aged 25 to 34, live alone and rent private accommodation or
thinking of renting private accommodation?
The government is making a change to the way Housing Benefit is
calculated for single people aged 25 to 34, living alone and
renting private accommodation.
Please
read about this important change to Housing Benefit, which
could affect you from 1 January 2012.
The table below shows the rates we will use to calculate the
maximum possible Housing Benefit (HB) for people affected by the
LHA. HB claims made, or treated as made, in a certain month will be
based on the appropriate LHA rate for that month.
We explain how to decide which LHA rate would apply in 'Working out
the Local Housing Allowance'.
The LHA came into force on 7 April 2008.
| Size |
Weekly amount |
|
December 2011 |
January 2012 |
February 2012 |
1 bedroom
shared accommodation |
£ 69.27 |
£ 69.27 |
£ 69.27 |
1 bedroom
self-contained accommodation |
£167.31 |
£169.62 |
£170.00 |
| 2 bedrooms |
£207.00 |
£207.69 |
£207.69 |
| 3 bedrooms |
£253.85 |
£253.85 |
£255.00 |
| 4 bedrooms |
£300.00 |
£300.00 |
£300.00 |
Between 8 - 10 working days before the end of a month, the Rent
Officer will send us LHA rates for the following month. When we
receive them, we will publish the new rates here.
From 4 April 2011, the maximum LHA is the 4 bedroom
rate.