Your Housing Benefit will be based on the number of bedrooms required, not on the size of the property you live in. Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are used to calculate Housing Benefit for tenants renting from private landlords. LHA rates depend on the area you are making your claim in. These are called Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMA).
Visit the LHA Direct website for further information, including how to calculate how many bedrooms you are entitled to under Local Housing Allowance (LHA).
Local Housing Allowance rates
East Thames Valley BRMA
Windsor, Maidenhead, Ascot, Sunninghill, Sunningdale, Holyport, Fifield, White Waltham (most of), Woodlands Park, Littlewick Green, Burchetts Green, Hurley, Cookham, Cookham Rise and Dean, Taplow, Bray, Dorney, Eton, Datchet, Horton, Wraysbury, Oakley Green, Old Windsor, Dedworth, Clewer.
| Room Rate | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Shared accommodation rate | £136.13 | £591.52 |
| 1 Bed | £207.12 | £899.98 |
| 2 Bed | £276.16 | £1,199.98 |
| 3 Bed | £333.70 | £1,450.00 |
| 4 Bed | £437.26 | £1,899.99 |
Chilterns BRMA
Bisham, Marlow, Wooburn Green, Bourne End
| Room Rate | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Shared accommodation rate | £120.82 | £524.99 |
| 1 Bed | £195.62 | £850.01 |
| 2 Bed | £253.15 | £1,099.99 |
| 3 Bed | £333.70 | £1,450.00 |
| 4 Bed | £460.27 | £1,999.98 |
Reading BRMA
North Ascot, Winkfield Row, Winkfield, Maiden's Green, Hawthorn Hill, Waltham St Lawrence, Hare Hatch, Knowl Hill, Wargrave
| Room Rate | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Shared accommodation rate | £90.10 | £391.50 |
| 1 Bed | £195.62 | £850.01 |
| 2 Bed | £252.00 | £1,095.00 |
| 3 Bed | £299.18 | £1,300.00 |
| 4 Bed | £380.65 | £1,654.01 |
Walton BRMA
Staines, Egham, Stanwell
| Room Rate | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Shared accommodation rate | £142.68 | £619.98 |
| 1 Bed | £218.63 | £950.00 |
| 2 Bed | £278.93 | £1,212.01 |
| 3 Bed | £333.70 | £1,450.00 |
| 4 Bed | £454.52 | £1,974.99 |
(Fees as at April 2024)