Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is the rent figure used to work out housing benefit for most private tenants.

Your LHA rate is based on the number of bedrooms you are allowed and not on how much your rent is. The number of bedrooms allowed depends on who lives with you.

You can find out how many bedrooms your claim will be based on by using the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) room calculator.

You also need to check in which area the property you are claiming for is located. Teignbridge is split into two parts, known as Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs), called Exeter and South Devon.

As a guide to these areas see the list of post codes below. Some post codes may fall on the boundary of two or more BRMAs. For accurate, up to date results, please visit gov.uk.

Exeter BRMA 

EX2 7, EX4 1, EX6 7, EX2 8, EX4 2, EX6 8, EX2 9, EX5 5, EX17 3,  EX3 0, EX6 6, TQ13 8

South Devon BRMA

EX7 0, TQ9 6, TQ12 6, EX7 9, TQ11 0, TQ13 0, PL20 6, TQ12 1, TQ13 7, TQ1 4,

TQ12 2, TQ13 9, TQ2 7, TQ12 3, TQ14 0, TQ2 8, TQ12 4, TQ14 8, TQ3 1, TQ12 5,

TQ14 9

Weekly Local Housing Allowance Rates, April 2018 to March 2019

 

Bedroom need	South Devon	Exeter
1 Bedroom – shared rate	£63.50	£74.34
1 Bedroom – own facilities	£96.91	£116.52
2 Bedroom	£128.19	£141.24
3 Bedroom	£153.02	£164.79
4 Bedroom	£192.24	£218.63

All figures are weekly. Housing benefit is based on the weekly rent or the LHA rate, whichever is lower.