| Notes about "eligible" rent » |
| Council and Housing Association Tenants |
| If you are a Housing Executive tenant or Housing Association tenant your "eligible rent" in this calculation will normally be same as the rent you pay to the Housing Executive or Housing Association - although it will not include any optional service charges. |
| Private Tenants |
| If you or you partner are Private
Tenants your "eligible rent" in this calculation will
be decided using the Local Housing Allowance (LHA for
short). For more information about this click here: »LHA Information |
| It is important
that you read the information on this link, so you can calculate the number of
bedrooms you require for your household. Your Local Housing Allowance
will be based on the number of bedrooms that your household needs.
For current Local Housing Allowance rates, please click here: »Current LHA Rates |
| Private Tenants under 25 |
| If you are private tenant who is: |
| single | in good health | aged under 25 | with no children… |
| your rent in the HB calculation also uses the LHA (see LHA link above) but is restricted to the "Shared Room Rate" for your area. |
| Notes about partners » |
| "Partners" means two people of the same or opposite sex who live together in a couple relationship. It makes no difference whether you are married, unmarried, civil partners or not. |