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Home: Community: Money: Help with your rent payments

Local housing allowance (LHA) rates

Helen Rodger - March 2012
council.benefits@kirklees.gov.uk

Below is the table of weekly local housing allowance rates for April 2012 to March 2013. We use these rates to calculate the maximum housing benefit we can grant for private rented claims. We also use your household income, savings and circumstances to work out your final benefit entitlement.

There are two different local housing allowance areas in Kirklees:
  • Kirklees (this covers 96% of our area);
  • Bradford & South Dales (this covers parts of Birkenshaw and a small area around it).

  1 bed shared 1 bed self contained 2 bedroom 3 bedroom 4 bedroom
Kirklees £55.00 £79.62 £95.00 £114.23 £144.23
Bradford & South Dales £57.73 £80.77 £98.08 £109.62 £126.92

The LHA rate we use to calculate your benefit isn't necessarily the same as the number of bedrooms in your home.
You need to calculate how many bedrooms the government says your household needs to identify the LHA rate you're entitled to.

Bedroom calculator
The number of bedrooms you're entitled to depends on the age, gender and make up of your household. You can calculate the number of bedrooms you're entitled to using the free LHA bedroom calculator.

You don't need to use the calculator is:

  • You are one of a couple, don't live with dependant children, and rent a room in a shared home.
  • You are 34 years old or under and live alone (there are some exemptions)
  • You are 35 years old or over and rent a room for your sole use in a shared home.

The groups above should all use the 'shared ropom' rate.

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