LHA

LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

LHA is the maximum payable for a UC housing element, or housing benefit payment – for those in the private rental sector.

LHA rates for Brighton and Hove BRMA (Broad Rental Market Area), are currently set to:

https://new.brighton-hove.gov.uk/benefits/housing-benefit-universal-credit-and-council-tax-reduction/weekly-housing-benefit-rates

For those outside of Brighton and Hove, placing your postcode into the following, will allow you to find your BRMA and rates:

https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/

LHA throughout the UK varies greatly, as the following chart shows, (LHA rates for 1 bed properties in England per week):

Data used in the above chart:

1 bed LHA rate per week by BRMA (Broad Rental Market Area).

Durham	£74.79
Scunthorpe	£74.79
Darlington	£76.15
Grimsby	£77.00
Northumberland	£78.25
Hull & East Riding	£80.00
Bradford & South Dales	£80.55
North Cumbria	£80.55
North Nottingham	£80.55
West Cumbria	£80.55
West Pennine	£80.55
Wigan	£80.55
Wolds and Coast	£82.85
Barnsley	£84.00
East Lancs	£85.00
Fylde Coast	£85.00
Kirklees	£85.00
Doncaster	£86.30
Grantham & Newark	£86.30
Halifax	£86.30
Rotherham	£86.30
Scarborough	£86.30
St Helens	£86.30
Staffordshire North	£86.30
Teesside	£86.30
Wirral	£86.30
Barrow-in-Furness	£86.54
Chesterfield	£89.75
Sunderland	£89.75
Bolton and Bury	£90.90
Central Lancs	£90.90
Derby	£90.90
Oldham & Rochdale	£90.90
South Cheshire	£90.90
Wakefield	£90.90
Black Country	£91.82
Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth	£92.00
Greater Liverpool	£92.05
Richmond & Hambleton	£92.05
Shropshire	£92.05
Tameside & Glossop	£92.05
Southport	£94.00
Lancaster	£96.66
Peaks & Dales	£97.70
Eastern Staffordshire	£97.81
Herefordshire	£97.81
Lincoln	£97.81
Mid Staffs	£97.81
North Cheshire	£97.81
North Cornwall & Devon Borders	£97.81
North Devon	£97.81
Tyneside	£97.81
Dover-Shepway	£100.11
Lincolnshire Fens	£100.11
Worcester North	£101.26
Yeovil	£101.26
Gloucester	£103.56
Isle of Wight	£103.56
Kings Lynn	£103.56
Leicester	£103.56
Mid & East Devon	£103.56
Plymouth	£103.56
South Devon	£103.56
Taunton & West Somerset	£103.56
West Cheshire	£103.56
Nottingham	£108.16
Northants Central	£109.32
Sheffield	£109.32
Thanet	£109.32
Weston-S-Mare	£109.32
Peterborough	£110.47
Mendip	£111.62
Coventry	£112.77
Ipswich	£112.77
Central Norfolk & Norwich	£113.92
East Cheshire	£113.92
Kendal	£113.92
Kernow West	£113.92
Sussex East	£115.07
Worcester South	£115.07
Mid & West Dorset	£119.67
West Wiltshire	£119.67
Birmingham	£120.82
Bury St Edmunds	£120.82
Colchester	£120.82
Harrogate	£120.82
Leeds	£120.82
Rugby & East	£120.82
Southern Greater Manchester	£120.82
York	£125.42
Cheltenham	£126.58
Northampton	£126.58
Swindon	£126.58
Huntingdon	£130.03
Exeter	£131.18
Bedford	£132.33
Salisbury	£132.33
Solihull	£132.33
Portsmouth	£134.63
Canterbury	£136.93
Medway & Swale	£136.93
Southampton	£136.93
Bournemouth	£137.74
Central Greater Manchester	£138.08
Eastbourne	£138.08
Southend	£138.08
Ashford	£143.84
Luton	£143.84
Warwickshire South	£143.84
Worthing	£143.84
Chelmsford	£149.59
Cherwell Valley	£149.59
Chichester	£149.59
Maidstone	£149.59
Milton Keynes	£149.59
Aylesbury	£155.34
Newbury	£155.34
North West Kent	£155.34
Stevenage & North Herts	£155.34
Basingstoke	£159.95
Bristol	£159.95
High Weald	£159.95
Blackwater Valley	£161.10
South West Essex	£161.10
Harlow & Stortford	£165.70
Bath	£166.85
Winchester	£166.85
Chilterns	£172.60
Crawley & Reigate	£172.60
South East Herts	£172.60
Cambridge	£178.36
Oxford	£178.36
Reading	£182.96
Brighton and Hove	£184.11
East Thames Valley	£184.11
South West Herts	£184.11
Guildford	£195.62
Walton	£195.62
Outer South London	£201.37
Outer South East London	£205.97
Outer North East London	£207.12
Outer West London	£212.88
North West London	£230.14
Outer East London	£241.64
Outer South West London	£241.64
Outer North London	£246.24
Inner South East London	£264.66
Inner West London	£278.01
Central London	£295.49
Inner East London	£295.49
Inner North London	£295.49
Inner South West London	£295.49

LHA is capped at a maximum within London,

Data: – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2020-to-march-2021

An average property price heat map of Brighton and Hove shows how within the city private rentals differ greatly,

The following shows a map of BRMA in the South East: