Is the amount of housing element based on how many bedrooms you have or how many you're entitled to?
blubutterphie
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Hi everyone
I was wondering if anyone knows if the amount you get for housing element on universal credit is based on:
a ) the LHA rate for your area based on how many bedrooms you actually have in your house
or
b ) the LHA rate bedroom rate you are entitled to based on the number of people
This is for private renting.
To give a context, if you have three bedrooms in your house, but are entitled to four beds based on the number of people living in the house, do you get the LHA for 3 or 4?
Many thanks in advance for any help ☺️
I was wondering if anyone knows if the amount you get for housing element on universal credit is based on:
a ) the LHA rate for your area based on how many bedrooms you actually have in your house
or
b ) the LHA rate bedroom rate you are entitled to based on the number of people
This is for private renting.
To give a context, if you have three bedrooms in your house, but are entitled to four beds based on the number of people living in the house, do you get the LHA for 3 or 4?
Many thanks in advance for any help ☺️
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It’s based on the LHA rate for the number of bedrooms you are entitled to or the actual rent, whichever is lower.
In your example it would be based on the four bedroom rate.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK. -
Thank you ☺️
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Hi @blubutterphie and welcome to the forum, I see calcotti has helped to answer your question, but do let us know if there's anything else you're unsure of and we'll do our best to help
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