From April 2011, LHA rates will be capped at the following:
£250 pw for a 1 bedroom property
£290 pw for a 2 bedroom property
£340 pw for a 3 bedroom property
£400 pw for a 4 bedroom property
• From April 2011, the removal of the five bedroom LHA rate so that the maximum LHA rate is the four bedroom rate
• From April 2011, the £15 excess that some customers can receive under the LHA arrangements will be removed.
• From April 2011, LHA rates will be set at the 30th percentile of local rents rather than the median (50th percentile)
• From April 2012 the age threshold for the shared room rate will rise from 25 to 35
• From 2013/14, LHA rates will be uprated on the basis of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
• From 2011-14 there will be staged increases in non-dependent deductions to bring them up to the level they would have been had they been fully uprated since 2001
• From 2013/14, working age people in social housing will no longer be able to claim HB on a property deemed bigger than their needs
