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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.
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
* Click the + symbol to expand the list.
You can view Local Housing Allowance rates from 1 April 2008.
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