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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Blackpool

Of 1,209 homes advertised to rent in Blackpool in the six months to 31 October 2026, 32 (2.6%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,136 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 207 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 studios44725 (5.6%)£909037
2 bed3905 (1.3%)£13332895
3 bed3242 (0.6%)£25053559
4 bed480 (0%)£23918316
All sizes1,20932 (2.6%)£1281,136207

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. 1 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: 7.7%Jul 24: 7.5%Aug 24: 7.4%Sep 24: 6.9%Oct 24: 6%Nov 24: 5.9%Dec 24: 6.3%Jan 25: 5.7%Feb 25: 5%Mar 25: 5.1%Apr 25: 5.7%May 25: 5.6%Jun 25: 6.1%Jul 25: 6%Aug 25: 5.9%Sep 25: 5%Oct 25: 4.9%Nov 25: 4.8%Dec 25: 3.8%Jan 26: 3.9%Feb 26: 5%Mar 26: 5.4%Apr 26: 5.2%May 26: 4.9%Jun 26: 5.2%Jul 26: 5.1%Aug 26: 3.8%Sep 26: 2.9%Oct 26: 2.6%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0273Jun 24: 119Jul 24: 132Aug 24: 143Sep 24: 157Oct 24: 169Nov 24: 139Dec 24: 138Jan 25: 139Feb 25: 139Mar 25: 138Apr 25: 174May 25: 148Jun 25: 156Jul 25: 155Aug 25: 161Sep 25: 173Oct 25: 172Nov 25: 162Dec 25: 155Jan 26: 156Feb 26: 256Mar 26: 273Apr 26: 272May 26: 271Jun 26: 262Jul 26: 234Aug 26: 240Sep 26: 201Oct 26: 207Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,2092.6%£133£2501,136207
September 20261,1662.9%£133£2501,071201
August 20261,0873.8%£131£2251,212240
July 20261,2295.1%£108£2251,218234
June 20261,1215.2%£108£2001,245262
May 20261,0574.9%£108£2001,276271
April 20269985.2%£108£2001,249272
March 20269705.4%£108£2001,136273
February 20269255%£108£2001,035256
January 20267743.9%£108£200696156
December 20257643.8%£108£200690155
November 20258164.8%£108£200727162
October 20258164.9%£108£200770172
September 20258325%£108£194794173
August 20257795.9%£108£175767161
July 20257506%£108£175748155
June 20257276.1%£108£175833156
May 20256465.6%£108£175789148
April 20256285.7%£108£175812174
March 20255925.1%£108£175637138
February 20256005%£108£175670139
January 20255945.7%£108£172686139
December 20246016.3%£88£170702138
November 20246405.9%£84£170728139
October 20246386%£88£170958169
September 20246386.9%£83£157928157
August 20246627.4%£83£156872143
July 20246547.5%£83£151851132
June 20246717.7%£83£150760119
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 Blackpool 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: Blackpool, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/blackpool. If Blackpool 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 207 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Blackpool 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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