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The table below shows the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates applicable to private tenants making a claim this month (March 2010). These are the maximum amounts for each category. The actual amount you will be entitled to will depend on your income and savings.
Every year the council has to recalculate private tenants' LHA so that it stays in line with market rents. When you have been on LHA for a year, your benefit is calculated with the new rate.
| Category | Type of property | Weekly amount (£) | Monthly amount (£) | | A | Shared accommodation | 65.00 | 281.67 | | B | One-bedroom property | 109.32 | 473.72 | | C | Two-bedroom property | 136.93 | 593.36 | | D | Three-bedroom property | 151.89 | 658.19 | | E | Four-bedroom property | 218.63 | 947.40 | | F | Five-bedroom property | 264.08 | 1144.35 |
Bedrooms
The entitlements are one bedroom for every adult couple and every single adult (person more than 16 years old).
A single child is also entitled to one bedroom. Any two children of the same sex aged under 16 years and any two children under 10 years old will be assumed to share a bedroom under the criteria.
Category A is applied if a tenant does not have exclusive use of more than one room and shares any or all of a kitchen, a room suitable for living in and a bathroom or a toilet. Category A also applies to all claimants less than 25 years old.
If you are eligible for a property with more than five bedrooms, please contact the Housing Benefit Office using the details below to arrange for the Valuation Office Agency to set the rate you need.
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