https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-local-housing-allowance-rates-2025-to-2026 For Brighton and Hove, this remains, BRMA SAR 1 Bed 2 bed 3 bed 4 Bed Brighton and Hove £586.61 £920.00 £1,200.00 £1,450.00 £2,000.00
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HCLG Committee presses Angela Rayner, Secretary of State, on the impact of housing benefits rates freeze
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/housing-communities-and-local-government-committee/news/204874/hclg-committee-presses-angela-rayner-secretary-of-state-on-the-impact-of-housing-benefits-rates-freeze-building-safety-and-english-devolution/ Florence Eshalomi MP, Chair of the HCLG Committee, said: “With over 1 million people on social housing waiting lists, private rents rising by nearly 10% in just one year and 160,000 children waking up in temporary accommodation; households are facing an increasingly desperate situation just to keep a roof over their head. “When rents…
How average house prices and rents are changing in Brighton and Hove.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/housingpriceslocal/E06000043/#rent_price Average private rents rose in Brighton and HoveThe average monthly private rent in Brighton and Hove was £1,778 in December 2024. This was an increase from £1,693 in December 2023, a 5.0% rise. In Brighton and Hove, the average rent for flats or maisonettes rose by 5.7%, while for terraced properties, it increased by…
At least 354,000 people homeless in England today
https://england.shelter.org.uk/media/press_release/at_least_354000_people_homeless_in_england_today_ Shelter warns of a bleak winter for many as homelessness rises by 14% in a year
Housing prices in Brighton and Hove
https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/housingpriceslocal/E06000043/ How average house prices and rents are changing in Brighton and Hove. Private rents rose to an average of £1,757 in October 2024, an annual increase of 4.9% from £1,674 in October 2023. This was lower than the rise in the South East (8.2%) over the year.
Local Housing Allowance rates for 2025/26 will be maintained at the 2024/25 levels
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-10-30/hcws175 Although not covered by my statutory review of state pension and benefit rates, I can also inform the House that local housing allowance rates for 2025/26 will be maintained at the 2024/25 levels, following their increase in April 2024; and that the benefit cap has not been reviewed for 2025/26 and will also be…
Stop the freeze: permanently re-link housing benefits to private rents
https://www.jrf.org.uk/housing/stop-the-freeze-permanently-re-link-housing-benefits-to-private-rents The Budget is the perfect opportunity for the Chancellor to prevent renters from being pushed deeper into poverty by permanently re-linking frozen housing benefits to private rents. Unless the Chancellor explicitly chooses to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance (LHA) and re-link it to local rents, it will remain frozen in cash terms for 2025 and…
Homelessness services at risk as funding cliff-edge looms, warn leading organisations in the sector
https://www.mungos.org/homelessness-services-at-risk/ 23 leading homelessness organisations, including St Mungo’s, Shelter and Centrepoint, have called on the Government to protect vital funding for homelessness, which is due to end in March 2025. The Rough Sleeping Initiative funding (RSI) is an integral source of governmental funding to get and keep people off the streets. Demand for the organisations’…
A Roadmap for Reform – the Renters’ Reform Coalition’s Plan for Reforming Private Renting
https://rentersreformcoalition.co.uk/roadmap-reform-renters-reform-coalitions-plan-reforming-private-renting Here is an overview of some of our key recommendations.
Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2023-24
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-financial-year-2023-24/statutory-homelessness-in-england-financial-year-2023-24 Initial assessments were made for 358,370 households in England in 2023-24, up 10.4% from the previous year. Of these, 324,990 households were assessed as owed a homelessness duty, due to being threatened with homelessness or already being homeless in 2023-24. This increase from 2022-23 is driven by the increase in both households assessed as…