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Last Updated : 18.02.2010

Local Housing Allowance

Local Housing Allowance is a new Housing Benefit scheme that was introduced in April 2008.

You can find more information on the following links

Local Housing Allowance - information for tenants and landlords. This links to the website for Hastings Borough Council. Please note the LHA rates shown are for the Sussex East area. LHA rates applicable in Wealden can be found on the link below.

Local Housing Allowance rates - find out the LHA rate for your area

We publish a newsletter for landlords called Wealdlet that gives information on LHA and Housing Benefit.

This is the latest issue pdf Landlords newsletter (1.26MB PDF)

Changes to the LHA scheme from April 09

From 6 April 2009, no new customers will be entitled to housing benefit for 6 or more bedrooms.

For information about how this might affect you, please contact us.