Room Calculator

Bedroom entitlement calculator for your Local Housing Allowance category

In each area there will be 6 or 7 weekly LHA rates (in categories A to G), so before you look up your weekly LHA amount (it should be on your local council's website) you need to know your LHA category and this depends by the number of bedrooms appropriate for your household (you, your family and others who live with you). So to find the right number of bedrooms for you, just select the circumstances which describe you (and your family, if any) on the lists below and let the program work it out.

If you live with no dependent children and your situation matches one of the basic circumstances listed here on the right then select that one and go straight to the Calculate button. A separate property means either you have exclusive use of at least 2 rooms or exclusive use of one room and a bathroom and toilet and cooking facilities (like a one-bedroom flat).

Otherwise, use the boxes below to describe the number of people in your slightly more complex household and get an answer up to the maximum of 6 bedrooms.

Married or unmarried couples (can be same sex)

Single adults (persons aged 16 or over)

Number of boys in the 10 to 15 age range

Number of girls in the 10 to 15 age range

Number of boys in the 9 or under age range

Number of girls in the 9 or under age range

and click to display the bedrooms for you

An explanation of the bedroom rules for the more complex household groups. One bedroom is allowed for each of the following "people units", counting each person only once, in the first group they match. (a) A married couple or an unmarried couple who live together as husband and wife or same sex couples who have formed a civil partnership or are living as if they have formed a civil partnership. (b) Someone who is 16 or over. (c) Two children of the same sex who are younger than 16. (d) Two children who are younger than 10. (e) A child (a ‘child’ is someone under 16).