Local Housing Allowance Rates for Thanet
|
Number of Bedrooms
|
Category
|
Weekly Amount
|
Monthly Amount
|
|
Shared room rate
|
A
|
£60.62
|
£262.69
|
|
1 bedroom
|
B
|
£92.08
|
£399.01
|
|
2 bedrooms
|
C
|
£122.31
|
£530.01
|
|
3 bedrooms
|
D
|
£150.00
|
£650.00
|
|
4 bedrooms
|
E
|
£173.08
|
£750.01
|
|
5 bedrooms
|
F
|
£184.62
|
£800.02
|
Note - These rates are
valid from 1st to 31st December 2008. 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
• Any two children under 10 years-old
• Or any other child
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.