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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Lewes

Of 574 homes advertised to rent in Lewes in the six months to 31 October 2026, 76 (13.2%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,184 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 58 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 studios14927 (18.1%)£7510730
2 bed23423 (9.8%)£15031118
3 bed1457 (4.8%)£2094702
4 bed4619 (41.3%)−£282968
All sizes57476 (13.2%)£1301,18458

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.

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%24.1%Jun 24: 24.1%Jul 24: 24%Aug 24: 22.2%Sep 24: 20.4%Oct 24: 16.9%Nov 24: 16.4%Dec 24: 14.6%Jan 25: 16.2%Feb 25: 16.3%Mar 25: 15.9%Apr 25: 17.2%May 25: 18.2%Jun 25: 17.5%Jul 25: 15%Aug 25: 15.5%Sep 25: 15.9%Oct 25: 15%Nov 25: 14.6%Dec 25: 15.2%Jan 26: 17.6%Feb 26: 18.1%Mar 26: 18.2%Apr 26: 19.2%May 26: 18.3%Jun 26: 17.7%Jul 26: 14.8%Aug 26: 14.4%Sep 26: 15.3%Oct 26: 13.2%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
058Jun 24: 25Jul 24: 29Aug 24: 28Sep 24: 28Oct 24: 30Nov 24: 13Dec 24: 9Jan 25: 10Feb 25: 12Mar 25: 16Apr 25: 17May 25: 24Jun 25: 32Jul 25: 40Aug 25: 40Sep 25: 35Oct 25: 36Nov 25: 36Dec 25: 38Jan 26: 47Feb 26: 47Mar 26: 46Apr 26: 47May 26: 48Jun 26: 45Jul 26: 52Aug 26: 50Sep 26: 50Oct 26: 58Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 202657413.2%£150£2091,18458
September 202653715.3%£125£2001,12550
August 202651414.4%£100£2001,00050
July 202652814.8%£100£2001,05952
June 202655317.7%£95£1651,05945
May 202652518.3%£95£1721,08348
April 202651619.2%£100£1871,04247
March 202653818.2%£100£20097846
February 202653618.1%£100£15087847
January 202652817.6%£100£19180547
December 202549315.2%£100£20757938
November 202551914.6%£100£22458336
October 202552015%£100£20064436
September 202550315.9%£100£20069935
August 202547715.5%£100£20070740
July 202546115%£100£20070340
June 202543517.5%£100£20069132
May 202540218.2%£100£15069124
April 202539617.2%£100£15064917
March 202540915.9%£100£15065316
February 202542916.3%£100£20054012
January 202542516.2%£100£20051910
December 202443714.6%£100£2005379
November 202447016.4%£100£26460113
October 202450316.9%£100£24883730
September 202450520.4%£100£26885228
August 202448622.2%£100£20083428
July 202448424%£77£15582429
June 202446524.1%£77£15074725
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 Lewes 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: Lewes, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/lewes. If Lewes holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Lewes's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 58 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Lewes 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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