Guidance
Rent Officer duties
Valuation Office Agency Rent Officers have a number of responsibilities, including maintaining a register of fair rents and determining Local Housing Allowance.
Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Rent Officers have a statutory duty to collect and record residential private market rental data and carry out rental valuations in England.
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- maintaining a register of fair rents setting the maximum rent that can be charged for a 鈥榬egulated tenancy鈥� (also known as a 鈥榩rotected鈥� or 鈥榮ecure鈥� tenancy)
- determining Local Housing Allowance (LHA) based on private market rent levels
- advising local authorities of the maximum subsidy level payable for housing benefit claims under the local reference rent system
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Published 26 April 2016
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