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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

East Staffordshire

Of 850 homes advertised to rent in East Staffordshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 7 (0.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,069 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 47 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 studios2054 (2%)£1555510
2 bed3651 (0.3%)£17525329
3 bed2261 (0.4%)£2254478
4 bed541 (1.9%)£3143140
All sizes8507 (0.8%)£1751,06947

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. 18 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: 2.9%Jul 24: 2.7%Aug 24: 2.4%Sep 24: 2%Oct 24: 2.7%Nov 24: 2.6%Dec 24: 2.5%Jan 25: 2.9%Feb 25: 2.9%Mar 25: 2.8%Apr 25: 2.5%May 25: 2.2%Jun 25: 2.1%Jul 25: 2%Aug 25: 2.3%Sep 25: 2.2%Oct 25: 2%Nov 25: 2.3%Dec 25: 2%Jan 26: 2.1%Feb 26: 1.9%Mar 26: 1.9%Apr 26: 1.5%May 26: 1%Jun 26: 1.2%Jul 26: 0.8%Aug 26: 0.8%Sep 26: 0.8%Oct 26: 0.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
047Jun 24: 27Jul 24: 21Aug 24: 24Sep 24: 29Oct 24: 26Nov 24: 17Dec 24: 18Jan 25: 19Feb 25: 23Mar 25: 22Apr 25: 23May 25: 26Jun 25: 30Jul 25: 34Aug 25: 37Sep 25: 36Oct 25: 35Nov 25: 34Dec 25: 33Jan 26: 37Feb 26: 37Mar 26: 40Apr 26: 39May 26: 43Jun 26: 42Jul 26: 44Aug 26: 42Sep 26: 46Oct 26: 47Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20268500.8%£175£2251,06947
September 20267810.8%£175£22598246
August 20267250.8%£175£20096842
July 20267240.8%£175£2101,01744
June 20267651.2%£175£2241,07342
May 20266941%£171£2201,06143
April 20266841.5%£150£2221,00539
March 20267021.9%£150£20094340
February 20266861.9%£150£22585237
January 20266982.1%£150£20071937
December 20256422%£150£22550433
November 20257042.3%£161£22553534
October 20257132%£165£22555035
September 20257262.2%£150£21058736
August 20257102.3%£150£20061037
July 20256852%£150£22560834
June 20256682.1%£150£22569630
May 20256232.2%£150£22267626
April 20255932.5%£150£22563523
March 20256112.8%£150£17550122
February 20256112.9%£150£17550823
January 20256172.9%£150£17052719
December 20246282.5%£150£17053018
November 20246512.6%£150£17055117
October 20246752.7%£150£17066626
September 20246432%£126£17065229
August 20246302.4%£125£17063024
July 20246602.7%£125£17060221
June 20246622.9%£125£17062427
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 East Staffordshire 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: East Staffordshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/east-staffordshire. If East Staffordshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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East Staffordshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 47 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in East Staffordshire 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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