Local Housing Allowance Birmingham
If you are a local council tenant in Birmingham and are looking for a property in the private sector then there have been changes to the way that the local council now allocate housing and calculate the housing benefit payments. The new scheme is now known as Local Housing Allowance or LHA for short, the basics behind the scheme are the claimant now receives the housing benefit payment directly and then pays the landlord or the letting agent directly this is rather than the council paying them.
The process of allocating a property is based on the number of bedrooms that are required, this is a simple process and anyone who is looking to rent on local housing allowance in Birmingham can calculate this from the link below.
Bedroom Entitlement Calculator
Finding a local housing allowance Birmingham property will still work in the same way and you can search for landlords and letting agents that accept the LHA or DSS payments. The links below can be used to help with your search for a letting agent or a property and offer lots of different information and advice.
How much could I be entitled too under the Local Housing Allowance in Birmingham?
The chart below gives a guideline to the amount of money you could be entitled too under the local housing allowance scheme and is based upon weekly calculations. You can use the median (Average) value to use as a guideline when you are looking for a private rental property.
NB/ Range of rents are calculated based on a weekly sum.
| Number of Rents | From | To | Median | |
| 1 Bedroom | 687 | 40.38 | 219.23 | 103.85 |
| 1 Room (Shared) | 174 | 33.69 | 129.46 | 66.00 |
| 2 Bedrooms | 1385 | 64.62 | 288.46 | 126.92 |
| 3 Bedrooms | 1461 | 43.85 | 576.92 | 129.23 |
| 4 Bedrooms | 244 | 73.00 | 403.85 | 167.89 |
| 5 Bedrooms | 57 | 150.00 | 576.92 | 207.69 |
Charted Average Rental Prices for Local Housing Allowance Birmingham
