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Home > Housing Help > Local Housing Allowance > Current LHA rent levels

Current LHA rent levels

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Weekly Local Housing Allowance rates effective from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020

Your rate of LHA depends on the number of bedrooms in your home, and on which of the eight Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs) your home is located.

More information is also available on How we calculate LHA rent levels.

Map of BRMA areas

The map shows the eight BRMAs in Northern Ireland, but to be certain of which BRMA you are in, check your postcode against the following list:

Belfast BRMA: BT1-BT16

Lough Neagh Upper BRMA: BT29, BT36-BT46, BT80

Lough Neagh Lower BRMA: BT25, BT62-BT67, BT69-BT71

North BRMA: BT51-BT57

North West BRMA: BT47, BT48, BT49, BT82

South BRMA: BT32, BT34, BT35, BT60, BT61, BT68

South East BRMA: BT17-BT24, BT26, BT27, BT28, BT30, BT31, BT33

South West BRMA: BT74-BT79, BT81, BT92, BT93, BT94

 

LHA rates from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020

  • Shared Room Rate per week: £43.41
  • 1 Bedroom rate per week: £86.16
  • 2 Bedroom rate per week: £95.21
  • 3 Bedroom rate per week: £108.11
  • 4 Bedroom rate per week: £125.73
  • Shared Room Rate per week: £49.41
  • 1 Bedroom rate per week: £71.95
  • 2 Bedroom rate per week: £88.28
  • 3 Bedroom rate per week: £96.07
  • 4 Bedroom rate per week: £108.01
  • Shared Room Rate per week: £46.29
  • 1 Bedroom rate per week: £68.95
  • 2 Bedroom rate per week: £80.26
  • 3 Bedroom rate per week: £92.11
  • 4 Bedroom rate per week: £113.33
  • Shared Room Rate per week: £38.36
  • 1 Bedroom rate per week: £71.53
  • 2 Bedroom rate per week: £85.82
  • 3 Bedroom rate per week: £92.10
  • 4 Bedroom rate per week: £100.59
  • Shared Room Rate per week: £53.60
  • 1 Bedroom rate per week: £76.54
  • 2 Bedroom rate per week: £92.22
  • 3 Bedroom rate per week: £102.59
  • 4 Bedroom rate per week: £111.37
  • Shared Room Rate per week: £47.17
  • 1 Bedroom rate per week: £64.38
  • 2 Bedroom rate per week: £82.84
  • 3 Bedroom rate per week: £91.09
  • 4 Bedroom rate per week: £105.65
  • Shared Room Rate per week: £53.65
  • 1 Bedroom rate per week: £81.34
  • 2 Bedroom rate per week: £95.88
  • 3 Bedroom rate per week: £106.01
  • 4 Bedroom rate per week: £128.30
  • Shared Room Rate per week: £47.07
  • 1 Bedroom rate per week: £62.51
  • 2 Bedroom rate per week: £78.35
  • 3 Bedroom rate per week: £89.71
  • 4 Bedroom rate per week: £99.69
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How we calculate LHA rent levels
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