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Calculator - bedroom entitlement

Bedroom entitlement calculator for your Local Housing Allowance category

n each area there will be 6 or 7 weekly LHA rates (in categories A to G), so before you look up your weekly LHA amount (it should be on your local council's website) you need to know your LHA category and this depends by the number of bedrooms appropriate for your household (you, your family and others who live with you). So to find the right number of bedrooms for you, just select the circumstances which describe you (and your family, if any) on the lists below and let the program work it out.



      and click to display the bedrooms for you   

An explanation of the bedroom rules for the more complex household groups. One bedroom is allowed for each of the following "people units", counting each person only once, in the first group they match. (a) A married couple or an unmarried couple who live together as husband and wife or same sex couples who have formed a civil partnership or are living as if they have formed a civil partnership. (b) Someone who is 16 or over. (c) Two children of the same sex who are younger than 16. (d) Two children who are younger than 10. (e) A child (a ‘child’ is someone under 16).

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