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The Local Housing Allowance itself is determined by a survey of rents within a given Broad Rent Market Area where the median, or 50th percentile, of rents is determined and it is this figure that is used to set the LHA, though since 2011 the Local Housing Allowance is based on the 30th percent of rents in an area.
The Local Government Association says a freeze on central funding has cost councils nearly £740m since 2019. ... the amount a council could claim back was capped at 90% of Local Housing Allowance
The care system, historically operated by local councils, has been augmented to include discretionary housing payments to cover the cost of the under-occupancy penalty (and the equivalent effect in private sector tenancies), where a need for an extra bedroom arises from disability, or for other reasons at the discretion of the council.
Permanent, federally funded housing came into being in the United States as a part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Title II, Section 202 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, passed June 16, 1933, directed the Public Works Administration (PWA) to develop a program for the "construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair under public regulation or control of low-cost housing and slum ...
The introduction of the new Local Housing Allowance for new claimants in April 2008 had a significant impact on the Rent Service. It was expected that by 2011 its workload would be approximately 75% lower than the level in 2007–8.
The areas with the highest proportion of mortgages are all in the south or east of England.
A Local Housing Allowance (LHA) policy restricting Housing Benefit for private sector tenants to cover a maximum number of rooms had been in place since 2008 and was initially set at the 50th percentile of rents in an area (essentially it covered the median rent), while in 2011 the calculation was changed to the equivalent of the 30th ...
Villages in the Peak District could become "museums" if new housing is not approved, a councillor has warned. On Thursday, Derbyshire Dales District Council debated an upcoming new Local Plan for ...