Local Housing Allowance

Local Housing Allowance rates

Anyone who rents their home from a private landlord and makes a successful claim for housing benefit will have their benefit worked out using the Local Housing Allowance rates.

Local Housing Allowance is a way of working out Housing Benefit for private tenants. The Local Housing Allowance rate is set by the government and provides the "maximum allowance" for households. From 1 April 2026 the government has frozen the Local Housing Allowance Rates at the 2025 amounts.

Weekly Local Housing Allowance Rates

Accommodation size

1 April 2026 – 31 March 2027

1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026

Shared accommodation

£99.50

£99.50

1 bedroom accommodation

£132.33

£132.33

2-bedroom accommodation

£155.34

£155.34

3-bedroom accommodation

£178.36

£178.36

4-bedroom accommodation

£230.14

£230.14

The maximum rate is four bedrooms, even if a household would be entitled to more than four bedrooms.

If the rent is less than the Housing Benefit, the maximum Housing Benefit will be the same as the rent charged.

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Benefits service

Address: Coventry City Council,
PO Box 7097,
Coventry,
CV6 9SL

Telephone: 024 7683 1800