Local Housing Allowance (LHA) Rates per Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA), UK 2012-2024 (version 2)
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| Title | Local Housing Allowance (LHA) Rates per Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA), UK 2012-2024 (version 2) |
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| URL | local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-per-broad-rental-market-area-brma-uk-2012-2024-version-2 |
| Description | This dataset contains the weekly Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates for Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs) across the UK from 2012/13 to 2024/25. LHA is a means-tested housing benefit for households in the private rented sector. BRMAs are the spatial units used for the administration of LHA. Since 2011, there have been 200 BRMAs in total (England: 152; Northern Ireland: 8; Scotland: 18; Wales: 23; but note that one BRMA spans England and Wales). LHA rates set the maximum level of housing benefit a household can receive in a given BRMA and is dependent on the size of their property. The dataset also includes estimates of the 30th centile rent for each BRMA as this is calculated separately by the Government agencies as a reference point for LHA. LHA rates are set from April each year, based on evidence of market rents collected by the relevant government agency in each country. From April 2011, the maximum LHA rate was reduced from the median rent for each BRMA to the 30th centile rent. From 2012 onwards, limits were placed on the annual increases in LHA rates:
There are no 30th centile rents for any part of Great Britain for 2012/13 and none for Northern Ireland in 2018. There are a small number of cases where 30th centile rents are missing in some BRMAs, presumably due to insufficient data on which to make a market assessment. Details on sources and method of contruction here: https://github.com/nick-bailey/LHA-rates-for-BRMAs. |
| Content | This dataset contains the weekly Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates for different sizes of property (number of bedrooms) in each Broad Rental Market Area (reference number and name), and the year. The dataset also includes estimates of the 30th centile rent for each BRMA, as calculated by the relevant Government agency as a reference point for setting LHA rates. |
| Subjects | Housing And Neighbourhoods |
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| Dataset Citation | Urban Big Data Centre. Economic and Social Research Council. Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates per Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA), 2012-2024 (v2) [data collection]. University of Glasgow - Urban Big Data Centre. DOI : https://doi.org/10.20394/yqq2vjva |
| Time Period Coverage | 13 years (2012/13-2024/25) |
| Geographical Coverage | United Kingdom |
| Spatial Units | Broad Rental Market Area, [BMRA] |
| Observation Units | BRMA, Number of beds in property |
| Resource Type | Dataset |
| Data Format | Structured time-series data |
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| Method of Collection | Online open access sources (published by the UK Government) and FoI request. |
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| Data Owner | Urban Big Data Centre |
| Data Owner Url | https://www.ubdc.ac.uk/ |
| License | uk-ogl |
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| Provider | b2ba2219-ff6c-461a-a746-e762ef7600fd |
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| Date Published | 2024-05-17 |
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| Dataset File Size | 105 KB |
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| Dataset Access Restrictions | Open Dataset |
| Metadata Created Date | 2024-05-17 |
| Metadata Created Institution | Urban Big Data Centre |
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