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皇冠体育app Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) use Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates to calculate Housing Benefit for tenants renting from private landlords. LHA rates relate to an area in which a claim is made - these areas are called Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMA). A BRMA is where a person could reasonably be expected to live taking into account access to certain facilities and services.

How Local Housing Allowance rates are calculated

皇冠体育app Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Rent Officers collect rental information from letting agents, landlords, tenants and other sources. LHA rates are based on private market rents being paid in the BRMA which can differ from advertised rents.

皇冠体育appse data do not include all rents that might exist in each BRMA. In accordance with DWP legislation, Rent Officers are tasked with collecting a sufficient sample from the 12 month period ending 30 September prior to DWP publishing LHA rates on 1 April. 皇冠体育appse published data are the rents collected and comprises both new and renewal rents in payment, as negotiated between landlord and tenant. 皇冠体育appse rents do not include any value attributed to services which are ineligible for housing benefit (effectively net rents). Housing benefit supported rents are also removed where possible.

皇冠体育app LHA comprises a set of rates for a number of categories - Categories A to E which are:

a) 鈥楽hared Accommodation鈥�:

Exclusive use of one bedroom and sharing the use of one or more of a:

• kitchen
• bathroom
• toilet
• room suitable for living in

b) 1 bedroom dwellings: those with one bedroom and exclusive use of a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet and a room suitable for living in

c) 2 bedroom dwellings

d) 3 bedroom dwellings

e) 4 bedroom dwellings

皇冠体育app Rent Officer maintains lists of rental information for each category of LHA rates.

In accordance with DWP legislation, mathematical calculations are applied to the list of rents to determine the LHA rate.

You can find the by searching by postcode or local authority area. BRMA maps and graphs are included in the search results.