Local Housing Allowance Rates for Thanet

Number of Bedrooms	Category	Weekly Amount	Monthly Amount
Shared room rate	A	£60.04	£260.17
1 bedroom	B	£90.90	£393.90
2 bedrooms	C	£120.82	£523.55
3 bedrooms	D	£149.59	£648.22
4 bedrooms	E	£184.11	£797.81
5 bedrooms	F	£186.99	£810.29

Note - These rates are valid from 1st to 31st March 2010. This page will be updated each month with the new rates.

The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate that is used to work out your benefit will depend on how many people are in your household.

One bedroom is allowed for:

An adult couple
Any other adult (aged 16 or over)
Any two children of the same sex, aged to 15 years-old
Any two children under 10 years-old
Or any other child

What LHA rate would I be entitled to?

The maximum rate for Local Housing Allowance from 6 April 2009 is the 5 bedroom rate. If your family needs 6 or more bedrooms, you will be restricted to the 5 bedroom LHA rate.

The number of living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms is ignored for the purpose of this calculation.

Example: A married couple with a 14-year-old son is entitled to one bedroom for themselves as a couple, and one bedroom for their 14-year-old son. This makes a total of two rooms - so they will qualify for the LHA rate for two rooms.

Note: If you are single, under 25 years-old and do not have a dependant or non-dependant living with you as part of your household, you will only be entitled to the shared room rate. Single claimants aged 25 years-old and over, care leavers under 22 years-old and childless couples will qualify for the one bedroom rate of LHA, but only if they have either exclusive use of two or more rooms, or exclusive use of one room, a bathroom, a toilet, and a kitchen or facilities for cooking.

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Benefits@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577552

from 9am to 5.30pm.

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