Local Housing Allowance

Under the Local Housing Allowance rules, we will limit the maximum amount of Housing Benefit you can get. This is called the standard Local Housing Allowance and has been calculated by a rent officer. Ryedale District Council has two sets of LHA rates, Scarborough and York. 

 

The Local Housing Allowance is based on rent prices for the area you live in and the number of rooms Housing Benefit rules say are needed for your household. Each month the Rent Service reviews rents and uses this information to establish an LHA rate for the different types of accommodation and sends us details of these rates. We apply the appropriate rate to all claims we receive in that month.This may not be the same number of rooms you are actually living in. You may find the amount of Housing Benefit you are entitled to won't cover all your rent. If this is the case, you may have to make up the difference out of any other income you have, or find cheaper accommodation.

 

Under the new scheme you can work out the number of bedrooms required by your household and then look up your LHA rate in the monthly download tables or you can find out your Local Housing Allowance on the Directgov website.

 

LHA is the maximum amount that you can receive and may reduce depending on your income, savings and circumstances.