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
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The Social Fund (74KB PDF)
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on The Social Fund from 2004.
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The Social Fund (74KB PDF)
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