London Borough of Enfield Local Housing Allowance rate

Local Housing Allowance is a new way of working out new claims for Housing Benefit for tenants renting accommodation from a private landlord. It also affects tenants already getting Housing Benefit who move into accommodation rented from a private landlord. Local Housing Allowance was introduced on 7 April, 2008. If you live in council accommodation or other social housing, Local Housing Allowance will not affect you.

Size Criteria

Under the new scheme tenants will receive a standard allowance based on the number of bedrooms they/their family needs.

• One bedroom will be allowed for each of the following:
• A single adult
• Every adult couple
• Any other person aged 16 or over
• Any two children of the same sex aged under 16
• Any two children regardless of sex aged under 10
• Any other child

The table below shows the current Local Housing Allowance rates for all of Enfield

Local Housing Allowance Rate for October 2008

Number of Bedrooms	Category	Weekly Amount	Monthly Amount
Shared room rate	A	£95.00	£411.67
1 Bedroom	B	£175.19	£759.16
2 Bedrooms	C	£226.08	£979.68
3 Bedrooms	D	£288.46	£1,249.99
4 Bedrooms	E	£370.00	£1,603.33
5 Bedrooms	F	£467.50	£2,025.83

These figures are updated each month

Local Housing Allowance Previous Room Rates

For Further Information

Please visit www.dwp.gov.uk or www.therentservice.gov.uk

You can email us at revs@enfield.gov.uk or telephone us on 020 8379 1000

You can visit us at either:
John Wilkes House, 79 High Street, Ponders End EN3 4EN
Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield EN1 3XW

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This document was last updated on 2008-09-30 18:03:17 published by the Revenues and Benefits team. Document Reference:LBE_132613