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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Blackburn with Darwen

Of 779 homes advertised to rent in Blackburn with Darwen in the six months to 31 October 2026, 1 (0.1%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 729 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 29 would return 7% gross or more a year if let at the LHA.

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By size · the six months to 31 October 2026

Each size against its own LHA rate.

Size Homes to rent Within the LHA Gap at the 30th percentile For sale Work at 7%
1 bed and studios900 (0%)£150214
2 bed3481 (0.3%)£22519214
3 bed2660 (0%)£25527710
4 bed750 (0%)£4952391
All sizes7791 (0.1%)£22572929

A dash means too few homes to give a figure (a share needs 10 judged homes, a gap 20); the count is still shown. Studios are read as one bedroom; homes of five bedrooms or more are not read, as the LHA has no rate for them. 8 homes were counted but not judged because their rental market area or rate was not known.

The trend · June 2024 to October 2026

Month by month, as published.

Each point is one completed month, read over the six months before it. A month's figures are published once and never changed.

Share of homes advertised to rent within the LHA, all sizes
0%10%Jun 24: 2.6%Jul 24: 2.6%Aug 24: 2.2%Sep 24: 1.7%Oct 24: 1.9%Nov 24: 1.7%Dec 24: 1.7%Jan 25: 1.3%Feb 25: 1.4%Mar 25: 0.9%Apr 25: 0.4%May 25: 0.4%Jun 25: 0.6%Jul 25: 0.7%Aug 25: 0.7%Sep 25: 0.7%Oct 25: 0.5%Nov 25: 0.6%Dec 25: 0.4%Jan 26: 0.5%Feb 26: 0.5%Mar 26: 0.6%Apr 26: 0.8%May 26: 0.8%Jun 26: 0.7%Jul 26: 0.9%Aug 26: 0.8%Sep 26: 0.3%Oct 26: 0.1%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0106Jun 24: 69Jul 24: 89Aug 24: 106Sep 24: 101Oct 24: 71Nov 24: 34Dec 24: 24Jan 25: 20Feb 25: 19Mar 25: 26Apr 25: 21May 25: 22Jun 25: 15Jul 25: 14Aug 25: 13Sep 25: 17Oct 25: 25Nov 25: 28Dec 25: 23Jan 26: 29Feb 26: 28Mar 26: 35Apr 26: 34May 26: 34Jun 26: 37Jul 26: 43Aug 26: 39Sep 26: 32Oct 26: 29Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20267790.1%£225£25572929
September 20267180.3%£225£25566132
August 20266510.8%£220£25561539
July 20266810.9%£220£23565143
June 20267110.7%£220£23066337
May 20266540.8%£220£20767634
April 20266420.8%£220£20767834
March 20266290.6%£220£20664035
February 20266230.5%£220£23061328
January 20265680.5%£220£23058329
December 20255000.4%£220£23342823
November 20255320.6%£220£25544628
October 20255730.5%£220£25543325
September 20255590.7%£218£23044517
August 20255580.7%£220£23046413
July 20255650.7%£204£23050514
June 20255290.6%£201£25550815
May 20254920.4%£200£23057522
April 20254630.4%£200£24348221
March 20254650.9%£200£20550826
February 20254351.4%£200£20539819
January 20254591.3%£175£20542520
December 20244841.7%£175£20047724
November 20245221.7%£175£20052734
October 20245401.9%£175£15592771
September 20245261.7%£175£158944101
August 20245482.2%£175£155927106
July 20245382.6%£175£15586689
June 20245342.6%£150£15580269
Reading the figures

What these numbers are, and are not.

  • Advertised, not agreed. Asking rents and asking prices as the portals showed them. Rents finally agreed usually sit below advertised rents, so the true gap is likely to be smaller; prices paid sit below asking, so slightly more homes may work.
  • Each home against its own rate. The LHA for the home's size in its own broad rental market area, in force at the month's end. Where Blackburn with Darwen spans more than one area, each home is read against the right one.
  • A screen, not a return. "Work at 7%" is twelve months at the LHA divided by the asking price, before service charges, voids, repairs or purchase costs. It says which homes are worth looking at, not what they would earn.
  • Counted, never modelled. No figure on this page is estimated or produced by AI. The full method, the floors below which a figure is withheld, and the sources are on the index page.

Cite as: Viiyoo, Where the LHA reaches: Blackburn with Darwen, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/blackburn-with-darwen. If Blackburn with Darwen holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Behind the counts

The 29 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Blackburn with Darwen that would work at LHA rents. A Viiyoo buying plan names them, costs each one after grant, checks its lease, flood risk and licensing, and comes back as a pack a cabinet can follow. The first brief is free, for up to 25 homes.

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