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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Stafford

Of 835 homes advertised to rent in Stafford in the six months to 31 October 2026, 11 (1.3%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,151 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 11 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 studios1655 (3%)£175494
2 bed3294 (1.2%)£2252467
3 bed2770 (0%)£3554830
4 bed642 (3.1%)£4043730
All sizes83511 (1.3%)£2351,15111

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: 5.7%Jul 24: 4.5%Aug 24: 3.9%Sep 24: 3.8%Oct 24: 3%Nov 24: 2.1%Dec 24: 2.5%Jan 25: 2.1%Feb 25: 2.5%Mar 25: 2.4%Apr 25: 2%May 25: 2.1%Jun 25: 1.7%Jul 25: 1.7%Aug 25: 1.3%Sep 25: 1.2%Oct 25: 1%Nov 25: 1.4%Dec 25: 1.3%Jan 26: 1.1%Feb 26: 1.6%Mar 26: 1.8%Apr 26: 2.1%May 26: 2.1%Jun 26: 2.1%Jul 26: 1.9%Aug 26: 1.7%Sep 26: 1.5%Oct 26: 1.3%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
014Jun 24: 12Jul 24: 12Aug 24: 12Sep 24: 14Oct 24: 11Nov 24: 5Dec 24: 3Jan 25: 3Feb 25: 8Mar 25: 7Apr 25: 6May 25: 8Jun 25: 5Jul 25: 7Aug 25: 8Sep 25: 10Oct 25: 9Nov 25: 8Dec 25: 8Jan 26: 10Feb 26: 10Mar 26: 12Apr 26: 13May 26: 11Jun 26: 11Jul 26: 13Aug 26: 13Sep 26: 14Oct 26: 11Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20268351.3%£225£3551,15111
September 20268021.5%£225£3551,16114
August 20268161.7%£225£3601,01313
July 20268761.9%£225£3551,04913
June 20268432.1%£225£3281,09611
May 20267952.1%£225£3101,10411
April 20267802.1%£225£3101,13713
March 20267791.8%£224£2601,09412
February 20267501.6%£208£2581,00510
January 20267171.1%£200£25571510
December 20257071.3%£225£2557018
November 20257191.4%£224£2557368
October 20257191%£214£2557969
September 20256901.2%£205£25584210
August 20256841.3%£175£2558698
July 20256971.7%£175£2558577
June 20257101.7%£175£2558775
May 20256722.1%£170£2559078
April 20256882%£170£2359156
March 20257102.4%£150£2357397
February 20257282.5%£168£2417448
January 20257052.1%£170£2356603
December 20246782.5%£170£2106913
November 20247052.1%£162£2107365
October 20247033%£150£2101,12911
September 20246933.8%£125£2101,14214
August 20246863.9%£125£2101,12712
July 20247164.5%£125£2101,10112
June 20247155.7%£125£1851,06212
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 Stafford 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: Stafford, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/stafford. If Stafford 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 11 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Stafford 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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