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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Leicester

Of 4,150 homes advertised to rent in Leicester in the six months to 31 October 2026, 81 (2%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,911 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 148 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 studios1,57333 (2.1%)£16022582
2 bed1,4049 (0.6%)£30067866
3 bed94618 (1.9%)£3257420
4 bed22721 (9.3%)£2492660
All sizes4,15081 (2%)£2451,911148

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. 11 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: 2.3%Aug 24: 2.4%Sep 24: 1.8%Oct 24: 1.9%Nov 24: 2.5%Dec 24: 2.2%Jan 25: 2.1%Feb 25: 1.9%Mar 25: 2%Apr 25: 2.2%May 25: 2.1%Jun 25: 2.1%Jul 25: 2.3%Aug 25: 2.4%Sep 25: 2.5%Oct 25: 3.2%Nov 25: 2.9%Dec 25: 2.9%Jan 26: 2.8%Feb 26: 3%Mar 26: 2.9%Apr 26: 2.3%May 26: 2.1%Jun 26: 1.9%Jul 26: 2%Aug 26: 1.4%Sep 26: 1.3%Oct 26: 2%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0161Jun 24: 52Jul 24: 64Aug 24: 74Sep 24: 74Oct 24: 83Nov 24: 67Dec 24: 66Jan 25: 65Feb 25: 61Mar 25: 60Apr 25: 80May 25: 85Jun 25: 98Jul 25: 101Aug 25: 108Sep 25: 113Oct 25: 118Nov 25: 119Dec 25: 117Jan 26: 113Feb 26: 152Mar 26: 151Apr 26: 161May 26: 156Jun 26: 150Jul 26: 146Aug 26: 139Sep 26: 148Oct 26: 148Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20264,1502%£300£3251,911148
September 20263,9871.3%£300£3251,880148
August 20263,7701.4%£275£3251,671139
July 20264,3312%£275£3251,685146
June 20264,1111.9%£251£3251,658150
May 20263,7162.1%£250£3251,671156
April 20263,5762.3%£250£3251,641161
March 20263,5212.9%£250£3251,586151
February 20263,4463%£250£3251,461152
January 20262,9932.8%£250£3251,195113
December 20252,9652.9%£250£3251,201117
November 20253,0572.9%£250£3251,236119
October 20252,9863.2%£275£3251,295118
September 20252,9722.5%£275£3251,315113
August 20252,7432.4%£275£3251,288108
July 20252,5942.3%£275£3251,289101
June 20252,4412.1%£275£3251,21798
May 20252,2422.1%£253£3251,22885
April 20252,1552.2%£250£3251,18280
March 20252,1912%£250£32594560
February 20252,3071.9%£250£32595461
January 20252,4152.1%£250£32590465
December 20242,4972.2%£250£32595166
November 20242,6292.5%£250£3251,03667
October 20242,7251.9%£250£3251,46683
September 20242,6051.8%£250£3201,45774
August 20242,5662.4%£250£2751,43874
July 20242,5132.3%£250£2751,36964
June 20242,5222.9%£245£2251,27752
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 Leicester 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: Leicester, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/leicester. If Leicester 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 148 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Leicester 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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