Guidance

Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates applicable from April 2021 to March 2022

Tables showing the Local Housing Allowance rates in accordance with statute.

• From: Valuation Office Agency
• Published: 29 January 2021
• Last updated: 13 November 2023 — See all updates

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LHA 2021-22 tables

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The LHA rates from 1st April 2021 have been determined in accordance with The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020 (SI 2020/ 1519) and are the same rates that came into force on 1st April 2020. Any policy enquiries should be directed to the Department for Work and Pensions. These rates will not appear on LHA-Direct before 15 March 2020.

Table 1	The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates applicable for the 12 months commencing April 2020 are shown here
Table 2	The 30th percentile figures shown here are derived from twelve months lettings information collected up to the end of September 2020, but in accordance with The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020 (SI 2020/ 1519) are excluded from calculation of April 2021 rates
Table 3	The Maximum LHA rates from 01 April 2020, which are carried forward for April 2021 rates are shown here
Table 4	The LHA rates effective from 1st April 2021 are shown here

Published 29 January 2021
Last updated 13 November 2023 + show all updates

1. 13 November 2023

   The content has been updated for relevance.

2. 11 August 2023

   The content has been updated.

3. 29 January 2021

   First published.