Under the Local Housing Allowance Scheme (LHA) you are allowed one bedroom for:
- each adult couple
- any other person (aged 16 or over)
- any two children under 10
- any two children of the same sex aged up to 16
- or for any other child
We do not take any other rooms into account when this is worked out.
Single People Under 25
If you are single and under 25 you get the shared room LHA no matter what size of property you rent.
Joint Tenants
Joint tenants are people who are not a couple but share a property and are named on the tenancy agreement.
Joint tenants will get the LHA for their own household not including the family of the other joint tenants.
