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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Leeds

Of 9,532 homes advertised to rent in Leeds in the six months to 31 October 2026, 601 (6.3%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 4,768 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 468 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 studios3,089324 (10.5%)£120674212
2 bed4,167162 (3.9%)£1751,687198
3 bed1,68439 (2.3%)£3451,48524
4 bed59276 (12.8%)£29592234
All sizes9,532601 (6.3%)£1754,768468

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. 96 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%14.3%Jun 24: 14.3%Jul 24: 12.8%Aug 24: 11.8%Sep 24: 11.2%Oct 24: 10.9%Nov 24: 10.6%Dec 24: 10.7%Jan 25: 10.6%Feb 25: 10.4%Mar 25: 10.4%Apr 25: 10.6%May 25: 10.7%Jun 25: 10.1%Jul 25: 9.7%Aug 25: 9.7%Sep 25: 9.5%Oct 25: 9.4%Nov 25: 9.2%Dec 25: 9.5%Jan 26: 9.5%Feb 26: 9.5%Mar 26: 9.5%Apr 26: 9.2%May 26: 8.8%Jun 26: 8.2%Jul 26: 8.1%Aug 26: 7.4%Sep 26: 6.7%Oct 26: 6.3%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0586Jun 24: 349Jul 24: 354Aug 24: 368Sep 24: 390Oct 24: 391Nov 24: 233Dec 24: 219Jan 25: 205Feb 25: 211Mar 25: 209Apr 25: 302May 25: 296Jun 25: 285Jul 25: 323Aug 25: 344Sep 25: 356Oct 25: 360Nov 25: 358Dec 25: 356Jan 26: 364Feb 26: 486Mar 26: 532Apr 26: 585May 26: 574Jun 26: 586Jul 26: 568Aug 26: 541Sep 26: 497Oct 26: 468Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20269,5326.3%£175£3454,768468
September 20268,8956.7%£175£3004,857497
August 20268,4527.4%£175£3004,850541
July 20269,6898.1%£158£3005,190568
June 20269,3338.2%£150£2785,504586
May 20268,7148.8%£150£2505,578574
April 20268,3709.2%£125£2505,551585
March 20268,5839.5%£125£2505,055532
February 20268,5709.5%£125£2504,590486
January 20267,5839.5%£125£2503,581364
December 20258,0469.5%£125£2503,226356
November 20258,4129.2%£146£2503,309358
October 20258,5209.4%£150£2503,599360
September 20258,5519.5%£150£2503,763356
August 20258,1259.7%£150£2503,594344
July 20257,8249.7%£135£2503,449323
June 20257,23010.1%£125£2503,273285
May 20256,67210.7%£120£2453,414296
April 20256,60010.6%£120£2453,386302
March 20256,51810.4%£120£2182,352209
February 20256,72710.4%£120£2202,365211
January 20256,94910.6%£120£2002,524205
December 20247,06410.7%£125£2002,728219
November 20247,38610.6%£125£2002,998233
October 20247,49210.9%£125£2004,978391
September 20247,22611.2%£120£2004,974390
August 20247,20811.8%£120£2004,824368
July 20247,09212.8%£117£1504,666354
June 20247,40614.3%£100£1504,453349
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 Leeds 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: Leeds, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/leeds. If Leeds 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 468 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Leeds 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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