All news on the topic: Housing benefit

Local Housing Allowance, which has been frozen since 2020, sets the maximum amount people renting from a private landlord can claim in Housing Benefit or Universal Credit

It only takes ten minutes to check if you could be entitled to make a claim for benefits - here, we explain all the free online calculators you can use to check

Analysis has revealed that fewer than one in five private rental properties in England were viable within the current local housing allowance rates

Some low income households were found to be missing out on £4,000 worth of support each year