The Local Housing Allowance is decided by the DWP using information from the Valuation Office Agency and is based on an average of private rents being paid by tenants in your area with the same number of bedrooms that you have or need.

Source: https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/dwp-outlines-rules-claiming-universal-8669483

We urgently need to see drastic reform by the Government to fix the broken private rented sector, and an immediate decision to increase the Local Housing Allowance so that it is pegged to local rents.”

Source: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/they-left-me-on-the-street-widow-living-in-her-car-after-council-change-locks-on-her-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=they-left-me-on-the-street-widow-living-in-her-car-after-council-change-locks-on-her-home