Local Housing Allowance.

• Posted by tenancy solved May 31, 2018 - #Local Housing Allowance.  - 38 views

  

  • For tenants renting from private landlords housing benefit is calculated from the Local Housing Allowance rates. The rates depend on the area (Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMA)) the tenant is making their claim in. 

   

  • A tenant’s entitlement to Housing Benefit based on the Local Housing Rates can be worked out using the following information:
  • How many people are resident in the property?

   

  • If they are entitled to an additional bedroom for a person not resident with them, but who provides overnight necessary care for them or their partner.
  • The postcode of the rentable property, or the local authority where the property is located.
  • The following website can be used to work out a tenant’s bedroom entitlement:

   

  • https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/BedRoomCalculator.aspx
  • Housing benefit can be worked out using the Local Housing Allowance calculator at gov.ukIt should be noted that under Local Housing Allowance rules, housing benefit payments were capped in April 2012.

   

  • If a tenant’s full rent is not covered by housing benefit due to the rate cap the tenant will have to pay the shortfall to the landlord. If the shortfall is unaffordable then the tenant can make an application for Discretionary Housing Benefit.

   

  

  by: tenancy solved uploaded May 31, 2018