NEWS

Median monthly private rental price in England, by local authorities and bedroom category, 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023

Benefit cap for single people. 

For 2024/25, if your standard allowance is going to be £393.45 and the cap remains at £1229.42, then if the monthly figure for LHA goes above £835.97, anything above that is liable to be capped.

A brief review of the rates suggests that would apply in the following BRMAs:

Guildford - 950
South West Herts - 950
Walton - 950
Brighton and Hove - 920.02
Bristol - 899.99
Cambridge - 899.99
East Thames Valley - 899.99
Oxford - 899.99
Crawley & Reigate - 860.01
Reading - 850.02
Chilterns - 850.02

Proposed benefit and pension rates 2024 to 2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2024-to-2025/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2024-to-2025

uc Single 25 or over - 393.45

uc Limited capability for work and work-related activity amount - 416.19

DWP estimates that it will notify more than 400,000 legacy benefit claimants to move to universal credit in 2024/2025

Move to UC Notifications (household) 

2024/2025

JSA (income-based)

20,000

ESA (income-related) and child tax credit

90,000

Income support

110,000

Tax credits and housing benefit

120,000

Tax credits only

10,000

Housing benefit only

100,000

Total

440,000

LHA April 2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-local-housing-allowance-rates-2024-to-2025

For Brighton and Hove BRMA - HOUSING BENEFIT AND UNIVERSAL CREDIT (MAXIMUM PAID)

Brighton and Hove - monthly

shared - £586.61 

studio and 1 bed - £920.00

2 bed - £1,200.00

3 bed - £1,450.00

4 bed and over - £2,000.00