United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 158085
Local Housing Allowance
Introduced
24 February 2021
Last action
2 March 2021 · Answer
Status
Answered
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Subjects
Housing
Source updated
2 March 2021
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make available funding to increase local housing allowance to cover average rents.
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Timeline
24 February 2021
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make available funding to increase local housing allowance to cover average rents.
Source: Commons
2 March 2021
Answer
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates have been relinked to the 30th percentile for 2020-21, at a cost of almost £1 billion. Over 1.5 million households have gained just over £600 per year on average this year in additional support, while for people renting...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-24/158085
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1289558
- uk · wq-1289558 · source updated 2 March 2021