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Private Tenants

This section does not apply if you pay your rent to a Housing Association.An image of a property to let

Local Housing Allowance is the scheme used to assess new claims for Housing Benefit for tenants renting accommodation from a private landlord and also affects tenants already getting Housing Benefit who move into rented accommodation from a private landlord.

With Local Housing Allowance, your benefit is not usually based on the property you live in.

It is usually based on:

In some cases the amount of benefit you are entitled to will be affected by other things.

These can include:

Local Housing Allowance gives tenants more choice in where they live.

This is because with Local Housing Allowance:

To work out how much benefit you might get you need to:

The amount of benefit you can get may be affected by:

Once you have established the LHA rate applicable to your circumstances work out your benefit entitlement by visiting our web calculator.

If there is a difference between the actual rent you are charged and your Housing Benefit entitlement, you will be responsible for making this up.

There is a scheme available to assist benefit claimants if they will suffer hardship as a result of rent restrictions. For more information, please see our section on Discretionary Housing Payments.

 

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