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Local Housing Allowance Rates 2025

If you rent from a private landlord, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are a starting point to determine how much universal credit or housing benefit you are entitled to. To help you calculate your LHA we've downloaded local housing allowance rates from Gov.uk. See what the rates are in your area, depending on the number of bedrooms. Data is current through March 2025.

How many bedrooms am I entitled to for LHA?

Private renters who get a housing allowance are entitled to up to 4 bedrooms. And the more bedrooms you get, the more money you'll get each month to help pay your rent. But how many bedrooms will you be entitled to? It depends on the make up of your household. To give you a rough idea, you can generally claim 1 bedroom for each of the following:

  • You (including a partner if claiming as a couple)
  • Each other couple (if you claim housing benefit)
  • Each other person aged 16 or over (even if part of a couple if you claim universal credit)
  • 2 children under 16 of the same gender
  • 2 children under 10 of any gender
  • Any other child under 16 years old

LHA Categories

There are five categories of LHA rates, which are labeled alphabetically. Categories A and B related to shared housing, with Cat A usually applying to single people under 35 without a child. (Read more here.) Here are brief overviews of the 5 categories.

  • CAT A. A dwelling where the tenant has exclusive use of only one bedroom with shared use of other facilities.
  • CAT B. A dwelling where the tenant has exclusive use of only one bedroom with exclusive use of other facilities.
  • CAT C. A dwelling where the tenant has the use of only two bedrooms.
  • CAT D. A dwelling where the tenant has the use of only three bedrooms.
  • CAT E. A dwelling where the tenant has the use of only four bedrooms.

How are LHA rates set?

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses mathematical calculations to determine the LHA rate, which is the lower of:

  • The 30th percentile on a list of rents in the Broad Rental Market Area
  • The currently set LHA

Maximum LHA

The maximum amount you can get for your local housing allowance depends on which category you fall in, but the absolute maximum is £704.22 per week (approximately £3,052 per month) for four bedrooms.

Maximum LHAWeeklyApproximate Calendar Monthly Equivalent
CAT A£331.39£1,436
CAT B£331.39£1,436
CAT C£412.86£1,789
CAT D£497.10£2,154
CAT E£704.22£3,052

LHA Rates by BRMA (per week)

There are 152 Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA) boundaries used to determine LHA rates. Here are the weekly LHA rates for 2024-25 for each of the five categories:

BRMACAT ACAT BCAT CCAT DCAT E
Ashford£90.50£172.60£195.62£252.64£331.40
Aylesbury£101.87£184.11£228.99£306.08£379.73
Barnsley£72.80£95.51£103.56£126.58£178.36
Barrow-in-Furness£91.00£109.32£115.07£146.14£185.84
Basingstoke£93.51£179.51£218.63£264.66£322.19
Bath£124.27£187.56£225.53£276.16£447.62
Bedford£103.56£149.59£189.86£230.14£299.18
Birmingham£78.61£159.95£172.60£189.86£253.15
Black Country£73.64£113.92£143.84£172.60£212.88
Blackwater Valley£110.00£184.11£230.14£298.03£391.23
Bolton and Bury£78.59£109.32£132.33£161.10£218.63
Bournemouth£98.11£159.95£201.37£264.66£356.71
Bradford & South Dales£75.10£103.56£120.82£146.14£172.60
Brighton and Hove£135.00£211.73£276.16£333.70£460.27
Bristol£117.68£207.12£252.00£299.18£425.75
Bury St Edmunds£103.87£144.99£178.36£219.78£299.18
Cambridge£121.13£207.12£218.63£258.90£333.70
Canterbury£97.81£155.34£205.97£253.15£302.63
Central Greater Manchester£94.72£178.36£201.37£218.63£310.68
Central Lancs£70.00£103.56£132.33£149.59£212.88
Central London£190.97£331.39£412.86£497.10£704.22
Central Norfolk & Norwich£90.56£135.78£159.95£184.11£264.66
Chelmsford£98.11£182.96£218.63£276.16£333.70
Cheltenham£100.45£143.84£184.11£230.14£338.30
Cherwell Valley£107.36£178.36£218.63£272.71£333.70
Chesterfield£80.85£103.56£120.82£138.08£195.62
Chichester£103.56£181.35£218.63£281.92£368.22
Chilterns£120.82£195.62£253.15£333.70£460.27
Colchester£92.36£143.84£182.96£224.38£287.67
Coventry£99.50£132.33£155.34£178.36£230.14
Crawley & Reigate£109.62£197.92£253.15£314.14£402.74
Darlington£66.50£82.85£103.56£121.97£159.95
Derby£82.81£103.56£136.93£161.10£215.18
Doncaster£70.00£97.81£115.07£126.58£166.85
Dover-Shepway£99.30£117.37£159.95£199.07£276.16
Durham£90.50£90.50£92.05£109.32£151.86
East Cheshire£97.00£126.58£166.85£228.99£402.74
East Lancs£67.08£97.81£109.32£136.93£182.96
East Thames Valley£136.13£207.12£276.16£333.70£437.26
Eastbourne£97.23£165.70£207.12£249.24£322.19
Eastern Staffordshire£73.95£113.92£138.08£166.85£226.87
Exeter£123.58£144.99£182.96£218.63£299.18
Fylde Coast£80.75£92.05£124.73£143.84£170.88
Gloucester£93.51£126.58£166.85£195.62£276.16
Grantham & Newark£86.61£97.81£132.33£150.74£201.37
Greater Liverpool£79.25£115.07£136.93£149.59£201.37
Grimsby£73.00£90.90£110.47£120.00£165.70
Guildford£118.52£218.63£281.92£340.60£455.21
Halifax£82.00£101.26£120.82£143.84£172.60
Harlow & Stortford£103.87£186.41£235.89£278.47£316.44
Harrogate£96.96£136.93£169.35£201.37£293.42
Herefordshire£80.89£109.32£138.08£172.60£224.38
High Weald£105.82£184.11£247.40£304.47£420.00
Hull & East Riding£77.29£87.45£109.32£126.58£161.10
Huntingdon£105.86£149.59£182.96£218.63£287.67
Inner East London£160.98£331.39£402.74£497.10£690.41
Inner North London£163.00£331.39£412.86£497.10£704.22
Inner South East London£149.59£298.15£356.71£448.77£604.11
Inner South West London£157.64£326.79£391.23£497.10£667.40
Inner West London£174.90£310.68£373.97£471.78£586.85
Ipswich£84.35£136.93£165.01£184.11£253.15
Isle of Wight£79.00£118.52£149.59£187.56£228.99
Kendal£75.00£132.33£149.59£178.36£228.99
Kernow West£90.33£126.58£159.95£187.56£253.15
Kings Lynn£92.02£126.17£149.59£178.36£241.64
Kirklees£72.80£103.56£120.82£149.59£189.86
Lancaster£90.75£109.32£132.33£149.59£166.85
Leeds£80.00£155.34£178.36£195.62£276.16
Leicester£91.00£124.27£149.59£178.36£241.64
Lincoln£81.50£113.92£138.08£155.34£212.88
Lincolnshire Fens£84.77£115.07£143.84£169.15£199.08
Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth£86.61£101.51£132.33£144.99£189.86
Luton£100.38£161.10£201.37£253.15£310.68
Maidstone£102.37£172.60£208.27£276.16£356.71
Medway & Swale£94.36£155.34£195.62£216.33£299.18
Mendip£93.21£138.08£178.36£224.38£310.68
Mid & East Devon£93.00£121.97£157.64£189.86£253.15
Mid & West Dorset£98.11£136.93£172.60£207.12£287.67
Mid Staffs£81.10£115.07£143.84£170.30£228.99
Milton Keynes£115.37£178.36£212.88£275.01£344.05
Newbury£103.87£172.60£205.97£276.16£369.37
North Cheshire£78.59£109.32£135.78£159.95£230.14
North Cornwall & Devon Borders£84.77£109.32£140.15£166.85£218.63
North Cumbria£73.60£90.90£109.32£135.78£170.30
North Devon£97.81£111.62£148.44£178.36£228.99
North Nottingham£78.00£102.41£126.58£134.63£186.41
North West Kent£103.87£172.60£228.99£276.16£333.70
North West London£142.99£253.15£310.68£386.63£483.29
Northampton£94.50£148.44£172.60£207.12£266.96
Northants Central£86.50£126.58£159.95£182.96£228.99
Northumberland£82.00£86.30£97.81£121.97£174.90
Nottingham£87.45£126.58£149.59£172.60£223.23
Oldham & Rochdale£79.36£109.32£132.91£159.95£218.63
Outer East London£129.18£276.16£322.19£385.48£448.77
Outer North East London£126.54£230.14£287.67£345.21£414.25
Outer North London£136.93£264.66£322.19£390.08£506.30
Outer South East London£138.08£241.64£299.18£356.71£414.25
Outer South London£131.02£218.63£276.16£345.21£448.77
Outer South West London£136.13£276.16£344.05£414.25£586.85
Outer West London£132.63£230.14£299.18£339.45£414.25
Oxford£126.58£207.12£258.90£304.93£402.74
Peaks & Dales£80.00£109.32£136.93£159.95£207.12
Peterborough£79.36£132.33£161.10£186.41£241.64
Plymouth£92.05£126.58£155.34£184.11£224.38
Portsmouth£97.31£159.95£194.47£230.14£299.18
Reading£90.10£195.62£252.00£299.18£380.65
Richmond & Hambleton£96.12£103.56£126.58£149.59£191.01
Rotherham£80.85£98.96£115.07£126.58£188.14
Rugby & East£97.81£136.93£166.85£195.62£276.16
Salisbury£98.11£149.59£179.51£210.58£287.67
Scarborough£71.30£97.81£126.58£149.59£166.85
Scunthorpe£71.50£94.36£113.92£132.33£166.85
Sheffield£80.55£132.33£142.68£156.49£218.63
Shropshire£85.00£109.32£136.93£166.85£224.38
Solihull£94.93£161.10£189.86£230.14£316.44
South Cheshire£74.79£109.32£132.33£156.49£228.99
South Devon£84.50£116.22£155.34£193.32£253.15
South East Herts£109.32£192.16£241.64£315.29£391.23
South West Essex£109.62£178.36£218.63£276.16£345.21
South West Herts£115.37£218.63£287.67£345.21£460.27
Southampton£97.81£161.10£201.37£247.40£333.70
Southend£93.51£156.49£201.37£253.15£310.68
Southern Greater Manchester£94.72£143.84£172.60£207.12£322.19
Southport£85.00£109.32£138.08£178.36£212.88
St Helens£74.74£97.81£120.82£143.84£184.11
Staffordshire North£69.35£97.81£110.47£136.93£184.11
Stevenage & North Herts£100.38£178.36£224.38£287.67£368.22
Sunderland£73.95£97.81£109.32£126.58£161.10
Sussex East£83.08£136.93£172.60£218.63£264.66
Swindon£103.87£155.34£180.66£218.63£299.18
Tameside & Glossop£73.89£120.82£138.08£172.60£264.66
Taunton & West Somerset£93.00£132.33£166.85£195.62£230.14
Teesside£66.50£94.36£109.32£126.58£172.60
Thanet£87.45£132.98£172.60£207.12£264.66
Tyneside£87.76£112.77£126.58£149.59£212.88
Wakefield£75.25£115.07£136.93£166.85£203.67
Walton£142.68£218.63£278.93£333.70£454.52
Warwickshire South£94.93£161.10£195.62£240.49£310.68
West Cheshire£86.50£126.58£155.34£182.96£281.69
West Cumbria£73.60£88.60£109.32£126.58£161.10
West Pennine£71.50£92.05£103.56£116.22£175.48
West Wiltshire£103.56£136.93£166.85£207.12£276.16
Weston-S-Mare£103.87£133.48£172.60£212.88£287.67
Wigan£78.21£92.05£115.07£136.93£178.36
Winchester£120.82£189.86£241.64£293.42£391.23
Wirral£73.35£97.81£120.82£149.59£189.86
Wolds and Coast£79.25£92.05£113.92£138.08£155.34
Worcester North£75.91£118.52£149.59£172.60£228.99
Worcester South£88.05£130.95£161.10£189.86£264.66
Worthing£102.41£174.90£218.63£271.56£337.15
Yeovil£100.11£120.82£159.95£195.62£287.67
York£96.12£155.34£178.36£189.86£276.16

2024-2025 LHA Rates by BRMA (per month)

In this table we have approximated the LHA rates per calendar month. We did this by multiplying the weekly figures in the table above by 52 (to get an annual figure) then dividing that annual figure by 12 to get monthly figures.

BRMACAT ACAT BCAT CCAT DCAT E
Ashford£392.17£747.93£847.69£1,094.77£1,436.07
Aylesbury£441.44£797.81£992.29£1,326.35£1,645.50
Barnsley£315.47£413.88£448.76£548.51£772.89
Barrow-in-Furness£394.33£473.72£498.64£633.27£805.31
Basingstoke£405.21£777.88£947.40£1,146.86£1,396.16
Bath£538.50£812.76£977.30£1,196.69£1,939.69
Bedford£448.76£648.22£822.73£997.27£1,296.45
Birmingham£340.64£693.12£747.93£822.73£1,096.98
Black Country£319.11£493.65£623.31£747.93£922.48
Blackwater Valley£476.67£797.81£997.27£1,291.46£1,695.33
Bolton and Bury£340.56£473.72£573.43£698.10£947.40
Bournemouth£425.14£693.12£872.60£1,146.86£1,545.74
Bradford & South Dales£325.43£448.76£523.55£633.27£747.93
Brighton and Hove£585.00£917.50£1,196.69£1,446.03£1,994.50
Bristol£509.95£897.52£1,092.00£1,296.45£1,844.92
Bury St Edmunds£450.10£628.29£772.89£952.38£1,296.45
Cambridge£524.90£897.52£947.40£1,121.90£1,446.03
Canterbury£423.84£673.14£892.54£1,096.98£1,311.40
Central Greater Manchester£410.45£772.89£872.60£947.40£1,346.28
Central Lancs£303.33£448.76£573.43£648.22£922.48
Central London£827.54£1,436.02£1,789.06£2,154.10£3,051.62
Central Norfolk & Norwich£392.43£588.38£693.12£797.81£1,146.86
Chelmsford£425.14£792.83£947.40£1,196.69£1,446.03
Cheltenham£435.28£623.31£797.81£997.27£1,465.97
Cherwell Valley£465.23£772.89£947.40£1,181.74£1,446.03
Chesterfield£350.35£448.76£523.55£598.35£847.69
Chichester£448.76£785.85£947.40£1,221.65£1,595.62
Chilterns£523.55£847.69£1,096.98£1,446.03£1,994.50
Colchester£400.23£623.31£792.83£972.31£1,246.57
Coventry£431.17£573.43£673.14£772.89£997.27
Crawley & Reigate£475.02£857.65£1,096.98£1,361.27£1,745.21
Darlington£288.17£359.02£448.76£528.54£693.12
Derby£358.84£448.76£593.36£698.10£932.45
Doncaster£303.33£423.84£498.64£548.51£723.02
Dover-Shepway£430.30£508.60£693.12£862.64£1,196.69
Durham£392.17£392.17£398.88£473.72£658.06
East Cheshire£420.33£548.51£723.02£992.29£1,745.21
East Lancs£290.68£423.84£473.72£593.36£792.83
East Thames Valley£589.90£897.52£1,196.69£1,446.03£1,894.79
Eastbourne£421.33£718.03£897.52£1,080.04£1,396.16
Eastern Staffordshire£320.45£493.65£598.35£723.02£983.10
Exeter£535.51£628.29£792.83£947.40£1,296.45
Fylde Coast£349.92£398.88£540.50£623.31£740.48
Gloucester£405.21£548.51£723.02£847.69£1,196.69
Grantham & Newark£375.31£423.84£573.43£653.21£872.60
Greater Liverpool£343.42£498.64£593.36£648.22£872.60
Grimsby£316.33£393.90£478.70£520.00£718.03
Guildford£513.59£947.40£1,221.65£1,475.93£1,972.58
Halifax£355.33£438.79£523.55£623.31£747.93
Harlow & Stortford£450.10£807.78£1,022.19£1,206.70£1,371.24
Harrogate£420.16£593.36£733.85£872.60£1,271.49
Herefordshire£350.52£473.72£598.35£747.93£972.31
High Weald£458.55£797.81£1,072.07£1,319.37£1,820.00
Hull & East Riding£334.92£378.95£473.72£548.51£698.10
Huntingdon£458.73£648.22£792.83£947.40£1,246.57
Inner East London£697.58£1,436.02£1,745.21£2,154.10£2,991.78
Inner North London£706.33£1,436.02£1,789.06£2,154.10£3,051.62
Inner South East London£648.22£1,291.98£1,545.74£1,944.67£2,617.81
Inner South West London£683.11£1,416.09£1,695.33£2,154.10£2,892.07
Inner West London£757.90£1,346.28£1,620.54£2,044.38£2,543.02
Ipswich£365.52£593.36£715.04£797.81£1,096.98
Isle of Wight£342.33£513.59£648.22£812.76£992.29
Kendal£325.00£573.43£648.22£772.89£992.29
Kernow West£391.43£548.51£693.12£812.76£1,096.98
Kings Lynn£398.75£546.74£648.22£772.89£1,047.11
Kirklees£315.47£448.76£523.55£648.22£822.73
Lancaster£393.25£473.72£573.43£648.22£723.02
Leeds£346.67£673.14£772.89£847.69£1,196.69
Leicester£394.33£538.50£648.22£772.89£1,047.11
Lincoln£353.17£493.65£598.35£673.14£922.48
Lincolnshire Fens£367.34£498.64£623.31£732.98£862.68
Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth£375.31£439.88£573.43£628.29£822.73
Luton£434.98£698.10£872.60£1,096.98£1,346.28
Maidstone£443.60£747.93£902.50£1,196.69£1,545.74
Medway & Swale£408.89£673.14£847.69£937.43£1,296.45
Mendip£403.91£598.35£772.89£972.31£1,346.28
Mid & East Devon£403.00£528.54£683.11£822.73£1,096.98
Mid & West Dorset£425.14£593.36£747.93£897.52£1,246.57
Mid Staffs£351.43£498.64£623.31£737.97£992.29
Milton Keynes£499.94£772.89£922.48£1,191.71£1,490.88
Newbury£450.10£747.93£892.54£1,196.69£1,600.60
North Cheshire£340.56£473.72£588.38£693.12£997.27
North Cornwall & Devon Borders£367.34£473.72£607.32£723.02£947.40
North Cumbria£318.93£393.90£473.72£588.38£737.97
North Devon£423.84£483.69£643.24£772.89£992.29
North Nottingham£338.00£443.78£548.51£583.40£807.78
North West Kent£450.10£747.93£992.29£1,196.69£1,446.03
North West London£619.62£1,096.98£1,346.28£1,675.40£2,094.26
Northampton£409.50£643.24£747.93£897.52£1,156.83
Northants Central£374.83£548.51£693.12£792.83£992.29
Northumberland£355.33£373.97£423.84£528.54£757.90
Nottingham£378.95£548.51£648.22£747.93£967.33
Oldham & Rochdale£343.89£473.72£575.94£693.12£947.40
Outer East London£559.78£1,196.69£1,396.16£1,670.41£1,944.67
Outer North East London£548.34£997.27£1,246.57£1,495.91£1,795.08
Outer North London£593.36£1,146.86£1,396.16£1,690.35£2,193.97
Outer South East London£598.35£1,047.11£1,296.45£1,545.74£1,795.08
Outer South London£567.75£947.40£1,196.69£1,495.91£1,944.67
Outer South West London£589.90£1,196.69£1,490.88£1,795.08£2,543.02
Outer West London£574.73£997.27£1,296.45£1,470.95£1,795.08
Oxford£548.51£897.52£1,121.90£1,321.36£1,745.21
Peaks & Dales£346.67£473.72£593.36£693.12£897.52
Peterborough£343.89£573.43£698.10£807.78£1,047.11
Plymouth£398.88£548.51£673.14£797.81£972.31
Portsmouth£421.68£693.12£842.70£997.27£1,296.45
Reading£390.43£847.69£1,092.00£1,296.45£1,649.48
Richmond & Hambleton£416.52£448.76£548.51£648.22£827.71
Rotherham£350.35£428.83£498.64£548.51£815.27
Rugby & East£423.84£593.36£723.02£847.69£1,196.69
Salisbury£425.14£648.22£777.88£912.51£1,246.57
Scarborough£308.97£423.84£548.51£648.22£723.02
Scunthorpe£309.83£408.89£493.65£573.43£723.02
Sheffield£349.05£573.43£618.28£678.12£947.40
Shropshire£368.33£473.72£593.36£723.02£972.31
Solihull£411.36£698.10£822.73£997.27£1,371.24
South Cheshire£324.09£473.72£573.43£678.12£992.29
South Devon£366.17£503.62£673.14£837.72£1,096.98
South East Herts£473.72£832.69£1,047.11£1,366.26£1,695.33
South West Essex£475.02£772.89£947.40£1,196.69£1,495.91
South West Herts£499.94£947.40£1,246.57£1,495.91£1,994.50
Southampton£423.84£698.10£872.60£1,072.07£1,446.03
Southend£405.21£678.12£872.60£1,096.98£1,346.28
Southern Greater Manchester£410.45£623.31£747.93£897.52£1,396.16
Southport£368.33£473.72£598.35£772.89£922.48
St Helens£323.87£423.84£523.55£623.31£797.81
Staffordshire North£300.52£423.84£478.70£593.36£797.81
Stevenage & North Herts£434.98£772.89£972.31£1,246.57£1,595.62
Sunderland£320.45£423.84£473.72£548.51£698.10
Sussex East£360.01£593.36£747.93£947.40£1,146.86
Swindon£450.10£673.14£782.86£947.40£1,296.45
Tameside & Glossop£320.19£523.55£598.35£747.93£1,146.86
Taunton & West Somerset£403.00£573.43£723.02£847.69£997.27
Teesside£288.17£408.89£473.72£548.51£747.93
Thanet£378.95£576.25£747.93£897.52£1,146.86
Tyneside£380.29£488.67£548.51£648.22£922.48
Wakefield£326.08£498.64£593.36£723.02£882.57
Walton£618.28£947.40£1,208.70£1,446.03£1,969.59
Warwickshire South£411.36£698.10£847.69£1,042.12£1,346.28
West Cheshire£374.83£548.51£673.14£792.83£1,220.66
West Cumbria£318.93£383.93£473.72£548.51£698.10
West Pennine£309.83£398.88£448.76£503.62£760.41
West Wiltshire£448.76£593.36£723.02£897.52£1,196.69
Weston-S-Mare£450.10£578.41£747.93£922.48£1,246.57
Wigan£338.91£398.88£498.64£593.36£772.89
Winchester£523.55£822.73£1,047.11£1,271.49£1,695.33
Wirral£317.85£423.84£523.55£648.22£822.73
Wolds and Coast£343.42£398.88£493.65£598.35£673.14
Worcester North£328.94£513.59£648.22£747.93£992.29
Worcester South£381.55£567.45£698.10£822.73£1,146.86
Worthing£443.78£757.90£947.40£1,176.76£1,460.98
Yeovil£433.81£523.55£693.12£847.69£1,246.57
York£416.52£673.14£772.89£822.73£1,196.69

Note: Data is current through March 2025. New rates may apply from 1 April 2025.

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