Local Housing Allowance rates

<p>This data sets out levels of support with housing costs, known as the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate, for 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-19 and 2019-20</p> <p>The Allowance is set for different property sizes in each Broad Rental Market Area, or BRMA. These are not the same as county or district areas.</p> <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) completes a six-monthly survey of private rents across England which is used to set the LHA rates. However in 2016-17, many rates were frozen at 2015-16 levels due to national austerity measures. Since them, selected BRMAs have had their LHA rates adjusted, despite the general freeze.</p> <p>The data comes from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and is available online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk">www.gov.uk</a>. Individuals should seek advice about their individual claims from their local authority benefit team. The VOA provides a search facility to help applicants identify the relevant LHA for them. This search is based on postcode and property size and can be found at <a href="http://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/search.aspx">http://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/search.aspx</a>.</p>