Local Housing Allowance: Help with rent for private tenants
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) sets maximum amounts private tenants can get in benefit support to help with rent
Payment of benefits. By Kim Greener and Graham Vidler. SN/SP/296.
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on [aid effectiveness] from [2009]. (77KB PDF)
Payment of benefits. By Kim Greener and Graham Vidler. SN/SP/296.
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on [aid effectiveness] from [2009]. (77KB PDF)
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) sets maximum amounts private tenants can get in benefit support to help with rent
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on 15 October 2026 on Support for unpaid carers. The debate will be led by Alison Bennett MP.
Social security benefits are available to help with the extra costs arising from a disability or health condition. For each of the 'extra-costs' benefits, claimants must usually have satisfied the disability conditions for a period before payment can begin - a 'qualifying period.'