Affordable Housing: Scotland
(asked on 28th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the affordability of the housing market in Scotland for families in receipt of benefits.
This question was answered on 5th November 2019
The proportion of Scottish private market rents that are at or below the LHA rate, by room entitlement, is set out below. This is based on rent officer data and the 2019/20 LHA rates published here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020.
Shared room | 1 bedroom | 2 bedroom | 3 bedroom | 4+ bedroom |
14% | 22% | 17% | 18% | 17% |