Local Housing Allowance Northampton
Being a local housing tenant when renting a property there are some new calculations that are now made by the local councils. This is known as the Local Housing Allowance and has been in place since April 2008, the calculation of rent is based upon the number of people and the required number of bedrooms. All the information on this page has been made to help you understand how this works, and provides links to useful sites that will give you further information on how to calculate how much you may be entitled too.
To calculate how much you are entitled to use the Bedroom calculator below.
Bedroom Entitlement Calculator
Finding a local housing allowance Northampton 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 Northampton?
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 | 244 | 69.23 | 144.23 | 107.89 |
| 1 Room (Shared) | 777 | 40.00 | 109.62 | 50.00 |
| 2 Bedrooms | 678 | 87.69 | 229.62 | 126.92 |
| 3 Bedrooms | 429 | 75.00 | 346.15 | 138.46 |
| 4 Bedrooms | 95 | 132.69 | 692.31 | 190.38 |
| 5 Bedrooms | 26 | 138.46 | 692.31 | 297.00 |
Charted Average Rental Prices for Local Housing Allowance Northampton
