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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Portsmouth

Of 2,474 homes advertised to rent in Portsmouth in the six months to 31 October 2026, 28 (1.1%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,663 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 98 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 studios78220 (2.6%)£20016731
2 bed1,1025 (0.5%)£34565649
3 bed4780 (0%)£39562518
4 bed1123 (2.7%)£4502150
All sizes2,47428 (1.1%)£2551,66398

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. 16 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: 2.6%Aug 24: 2.2%Sep 24: 1.8%Oct 24: 1.9%Nov 24: 1.8%Dec 24: 1.8%Jan 25: 1.8%Feb 25: 1.8%Mar 25: 1.8%Apr 25: 1.9%May 25: 1.8%Jun 25: 1.9%Jul 25: 1.9%Aug 25: 2%Sep 25: 2.2%Oct 25: 2.3%Nov 25: 2.2%Dec 25: 2.2%Jan 26: 2.6%Feb 26: 2.5%Mar 26: 2.5%Apr 26: 2.2%May 26: 2%Jun 26: 1.9%Jul 26: 1.5%Aug 26: 1.1%Sep 26: 1%Oct 26: 1.1%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0103Jun 24: 58Jul 24: 61Aug 24: 58Sep 24: 58Oct 24: 63Nov 24: 47Dec 24: 48Jan 25: 51Feb 25: 53Mar 25: 60Apr 25: 67May 25: 64Jun 25: 64Jul 25: 68Aug 25: 67Sep 25: 72Oct 25: 69Nov 25: 64Dec 25: 64Jan 26: 84Feb 26: 96Mar 26: 94Apr 26: 92May 26: 86Jun 26: 90Jul 26: 79Aug 26: 78Sep 26: 103Oct 26: 98Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262,4741.1%£345£3951,66398
September 20262,3171%£345£3751,594103
August 20262,2851.1%£305£3751,48778
July 20262,4361.5%£305£3751,46979
June 20262,3501.9%£305£3751,52590
May 20262,1642%£256£3751,49786
April 20262,0782.2%£255£3751,48592
March 20262,0712.5%£255£3951,39494
February 20262,0192.5%£280£3521,29196
January 20261,8772.6%£305£3501,05084
December 20251,8932.2%£305£35094464
November 20252,0212.2%£305£35098464
October 20252,0672.3%£305£3501,08969
September 20252,0422.2%£305£3501,14272
August 20252,0032%£305£3501,19167
July 20251,9671.9%£305£3501,17468
June 20251,8701.9%£280£3501,14164
May 20251,7081.8%£255£3501,12664
April 20251,6671.9%£255£3501,05867
March 20251,6711.8%£255£35093560
February 20251,7141.8%£255£35091753
January 20251,8051.8%£305£35087051
December 20241,8951.8%£305£35088948
November 20242,0041.8%£305£35095247
October 20242,0301.9%£305£3501,44663
September 20241,9631.8%£305£3251,47758
August 20241,8922.2%£255£3251,42258
July 20241,8232.6%£255£3001,38661
June 20241,8223.3%£255£3001,31058
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 Portsmouth 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: Portsmouth, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/portsmouth. If Portsmouth holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Portsmouth's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 98 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Portsmouth 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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