What Rent Costs Round Here
What private rents have actually done since 2015 · and how far housing allowance has fallen behind
Before you sign for somewhere, it is worth knowing what rents in that area have been doing — and if any of your rent is met by housing benefit or the Universal Credit housing element, whether the allowance has kept up. Both figures come from official statistics, and both are linked at the bottom so you can check them.
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Rent figures: Price Index of Private Rents, ONS. Allowance figures: Local Housing Allowance, DWP. Both Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are averages for a whole local authority, not for one street or one property.
Rent figures: Price Index of Private Rents, ONS. Allowance figures: Local Housing Allowance, DWP. Both Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are averages for a whole local authority, not for one street or one property.