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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Croydon

Of 5,014 homes advertised to rent in Croydon in the six months to 31 October 2026, 80 (1.6%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 3,511 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 168 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 studios2,03260 (3%)£300829100
2 bed1,8708 (0.4%)£4201,26956
3 bed8597 (0.8%)£55089010
4 bed2535 (2%)£5505232
All sizes5,01480 (1.6%)£4003,511168

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. 12 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: 3.3%Jul 24: 2.9%Aug 24: 2.8%Sep 24: 2.5%Oct 24: 2.7%Nov 24: 2.5%Dec 24: 2.3%Jan 25: 2.2%Feb 25: 2.1%Mar 25: 2.6%Apr 25: 2.4%May 25: 2.5%Jun 25: 2.6%Jul 25: 2.6%Aug 25: 2.6%Sep 25: 2.4%Oct 25: 2.7%Nov 25: 2.8%Dec 25: 2.8%Jan 26: 2.8%Feb 26: 2.9%Mar 26: 2.9%Apr 26: 2.9%May 26: 2.6%Jun 26: 2.4%Jul 26: 2.2%Aug 26: 2.1%Sep 26: 1.9%Oct 26: 1.6%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0168Jun 24: 41Jul 24: 40Aug 24: 45Sep 24: 38Oct 24: 46Nov 24: 39Dec 24: 36Jan 25: 34Feb 25: 43Mar 25: 49Apr 25: 52May 25: 62Jun 25: 67Jul 25: 64Aug 25: 68Sep 25: 66Oct 25: 67Nov 25: 62Dec 25: 63Jan 26: 93Feb 26: 103Mar 26: 107Apr 26: 115May 26: 115Jun 26: 118Jul 26: 117Aug 26: 122Sep 26: 160Oct 26: 168Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20265,0141.6%£420£5503,511168
September 20264,6761.9%£400£5503,371160
August 20264,4232.1%£400£5002,851122
July 20264,5582.2%£400£5502,932117
June 20264,6732.4%£400£5463,061118
May 20264,3642.6%£400£5003,059115
April 20264,2282.9%£400£5002,984115
March 20264,3292.9%£400£5002,915107
February 20264,2742.9%£400£5002,752103
January 20264,3602.8%£400£5002,54093
December 20253,9632.8%£400£5002,10163
November 20254,2022.8%£400£5002,24862
October 20254,2012.7%£400£5002,36867
September 20253,9742.4%£400£5002,50766
August 20253,8612.6%£400£5002,53568
July 20253,7472.6%£400£5002,34864
June 20253,6572.6%£400£5002,52667
May 20253,3342.5%£400£5002,46462
April 20253,2302.4%£400£5002,31452
March 20253,4002.6%£400£5002,22249
February 20253,4572.1%£400£5002,04143
January 20253,6562.2%£400£5001,71734
December 20243,7562.3%£400£5001,72036
November 20244,1422.5%£400£5001,88539
October 20244,3472.7%£400£5002,69646
September 20244,2052.5%£400£5002,74138
August 20244,1282.8%£400£5002,66145
July 20244,0002.9%£400£5002,64840
June 20244,0483.3%£400£5002,50441
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 Croydon 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: Croydon, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/croydon. If Croydon holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Croydon's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 168 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Croydon 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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