You’ve probably already seen this, but new upper limits on housing benefit rates are to be introduced from next April (2011).
For a three bed house, the upper limit will be £340 per week
For a four bed house, the upper limit will be £400 per week
LHA will be limited to between £250 and £400 a week depending on property size. LHA rates will be set using the bottom 30 per cent of rates instead of the median and they will be linked to the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index, leading to smaller increases.
In London, this is likely to have a very significant impact … Read the full post



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