To estimate your potential housing benefit, you should first determine the applicable Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate.
If you're a care leaver under 22 or living with a partner who is a care leaver under 22, and you have no dependent children, your benefit will be based on the one-bedroom LHA rate.
A care leaver refers to someone who was under a care order on their 16th birthday and was in the care of a local authority for a total of at least 13 weeks between the ages of 14 and 16.
For the current LHA room rates, please visit our Local Housing Allowance rates page.
Factors that might influence your LHA include:
- your income
- your savings
- the amount of your rent
