United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 65670
Local Housing Allowance: Private Rented Housing
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18 October 2022
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25 October 2022 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
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25 October 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates on the ability of private renters to pay rent.
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18 October 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates on the ability of private renters to pay rent.
Source: Commons
25 October 2022
Answer
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas. For Great Britain in May 2022, 55% of the households on LHA had rents higher than the LHA rates. For these households the average gap was £146 per month. In April 2020 LH...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-18/65670
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1523778
- uk · wq-1523778 · source updated 25 October 2022