LHA - Current room rates

Room rates for April 2012 to March 2013

Property size criteria

Under LHA, tenants receive a standard allowance based on the number of bedrooms they or their family needs (maximum of 4 bedrooms).

One bedroom will be allowed for each of the following:

• A single adult (an adult is someone who is aged 16 or over)
• Every adult couple
• Any two children of the same sex aged under 16
• Any two children, regardless of sex, aged under 10
• Any other child

These are the Local Housing Allowance rates for Enfield from April 2012 which are based on the 30th percentile of rents.   These rates are now updated annually. The table below shows the rates from 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013. For more information benefit changes see Housing Benefit changes.

April 2012 to March 2013
Number of  bedrooms	Category	Weekly amount	Monthly amount
Shared  accommodation	A	£82.00	£355.33
1 bedrooms	B	£184.62	£800.02
2 bedrooms	C	£231.00	£1,001.00
3 bedrooms	D	£300.00	£1,300.00
4 bedrooms	E	£369.23	£1,600.00
5 bedrooms	F	Capped at  4-bed rate	Capped at  4-bed rate

Housing Benefit claims are reviewed yearly; the review may affect the LHA rate you receive.

Click here to see the Previous room rates from March 2011 to March 2012.