{
 "id": "local_housing_allowance_status",
 "name": "Local Housing Allowance rates (status)",
 "category": "benefits",
 "value": "Frozen for 2026/27 at April 2024 cash levels (30th percentile of January 2024 rents)",
 "unit": "policy status",
 "valid_from": "2026-04-01",
 "valid_to": "2027-03-31",
 "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-local-housing-allowance-rates-2026-to-2027",
 "source_org": "DWP",
 "confidence": "secondary",
 "checked_at": "2026-08-11",
 "notes": "Frozen 2020\u20132024, restored April 2024, re-frozen 2025/26 and 2026/27. Local rates via the official LHA lookup.",
 "history": [
  "Frozen at Apr 2024 levels in 2025/26",
  "Restored to 30th percentile 2024-04"
 ]
}