Tag: Local Housing Allowance
Room sizes and LHA rates?
Hi, I have a flat with 2 bedrooms but the lounge is huge. Lounge is irregular shaped 16.38 sqm, Bed 1 is 16.01 sqm, Bed 2 10.34 sqm...
Universal Credit claimants face housing affordability cri...
Universal Credit claimants face a severe shortage of affordable rental properties, with a recent rise in housing benefit failing to...
NRLA and Generation Rent welcome call to uprate LHA
MPs on the Work and Pensions Select Committee say that Local Housing Allowance should be uprated every year by the Government so that...
NRLA gets think tank’s backing for direct payments ...
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has echoed calls made by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) over...
LHA increase – BAP and S13 confusion?
Hello, I am trying to prepare in advance of 1st April when the new LHA rate is applied. According to S13, a rent increase has to happen...
Call to unfreeze LHA immediately to reduce homelessness i...
A homeless charity is urging the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates immediately in a bid to reduce the...
Councils spend £1.74 billion on temporary accommodation f...
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that homelessness has reached record levels, with 104,000 households living in temporary...