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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

South Staffordshire

Of 303 homes advertised to rent in South Staffordshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 2 (0.7%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 627 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 3 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 studios501 (2%)£195172
2 bed1291 (0.8%)£2501251
3 bed940 (0%)£4052740
4 bed300 (0%)£6372110
All sizes3032 (0.7%)£3006273

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. 1 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: 1.5%Jul 24: 2.1%Aug 24: 2%Sep 24: 1.8%Oct 24: 2.4%Nov 24: 1.6%Dec 24: 1.7%Jan 25: 1.8%Feb 25: 1.6%Mar 25: 1.5%Apr 25: 0.8%May 25: 0.8%Jun 25: 0.7%Jul 25: 0.4%Aug 25: 0.3%Sep 25: 0.3%Oct 25: 0.3%Nov 25: 0.3%Dec 25: 0.3%Jan 26: 0%Feb 26: 0.6%Mar 26: 0.6%Apr 26: 0.6%May 26: 0.9%Jun 26: 0.9%Jul 26: 0.9%Aug 26: 0.3%Sep 26: 0.3%Oct 26: 0.7%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
03Jun 24: 1Jul 24: 2Aug 24: 2Sep 24: 2Oct 24: 3Nov 24: 3Dec 24: 2Jan 25: 2Feb 25: 3Mar 25: 3Apr 25: 2May 25: 2Jun 25: 2Jul 25: 1Aug 25: 1Sep 25: 1Oct 25: 1Nov 25: 2Dec 25: 2Jan 26: 2Feb 26: 2Mar 26: 3Apr 26: 2May 26: 2Jun 26: 2Jul 26: 3Aug 26: 3Sep 26: 3Oct 26: 3Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263030.7%£250£4056273
September 20262990.3%£252£4105873
August 20263070.3%£270£3946153
July 20263270.9%£270£3606583
June 20263310.9%£270£3606882
May 20263230.9%£270£3606802
April 20263260.6%£270£3606362
March 20263370.6%£270£3755923
February 20263210.6%£270£3765672
January 20263090%£270£3804332
December 20252920.3%£250£3783742
November 20253150.3%£250£3764022
October 20253120.3%£270£3604131
September 20252860.3%£262£3604411
August 20252950.3%£266£3754201
July 20252840.4%£250£3504421
June 20252840.7%£230£3504412
May 20252600.8%£250£3454422
April 20252560.8%£254£3063392
March 20252681.5%£228£3003413
February 20252541.6%£226£2603483
January 20252811.8%£228£2603402
December 20242921.7%£225£2603572
November 20243161.6%£240£3003963
October 20243272.4%£225£2655443
September 20243341.8%£225£2575262
August 20243542%£225£2595342
July 20243392.1%£225£2534982
June 20243431.5%£225£2454791
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 South 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: South Staffordshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/south-staffordshire. If South Staffordshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

Each month, by email

South Staffordshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 3 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in South 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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