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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Stevenage

Of 656 homes advertised to rent in Stevenage in the six months to 31 October 2026, 4 (0.6%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 542 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 14 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 studios2532 (0.8%)£2751116
2 bed1971 (0.5%)£4001526
3 bed1681 (0.6%)£4001822
4 bed380 (0%)£278970
All sizes6564 (0.6%)£34554214

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. 15 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: 1.9%Jul 24: 1.5%Aug 24: 0.8%Sep 24: 0.8%Oct 24: 0.8%Nov 24: 1%Dec 24: 0.8%Jan 25: 0.8%Feb 25: 1%Mar 25: 0.9%Apr 25: 0.9%May 25: 0.7%Jun 25: 1.3%Jul 25: 1.6%Aug 25: 1.3%Sep 25: 1.3%Oct 25: 1.2%Nov 25: 1.2%Dec 25: 0.6%Jan 26: 0.6%Feb 26: 0.9%Mar 26: 1%Apr 26: 0.8%May 26: 1%Jun 26: 1.1%Jul 26: 0.8%Aug 26: 0.7%Sep 26: 0.5%Oct 26: 0.6%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
020Jun 24: 4Jul 24: 4Aug 24: 5Sep 24: 6Oct 24: 8Nov 24: 6Dec 24: 6Jan 25: 6Feb 25: 7Mar 25: 5Apr 25: 9May 25: 7Jun 25: 7Jul 25: 7Aug 25: 7Sep 25: 6Oct 25: 6Nov 25: 10Dec 25: 11Jan 26: 16Feb 26: 18Mar 26: 20Apr 26: 18May 26: 15Jun 26: 14Jul 26: 14Aug 26: 11Sep 26: 14Oct 26: 14Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20266560.6%£400£40054214
September 20266240.5%£400£40053714
August 20265940.7%£383£40053011
July 20266320.8%£400£37557114
June 20266621.1%£400£35055214
May 20266171%£412£35059115
April 20266080.8%£400£35057018
March 20266011%£400£35051520
February 20265760.9%£375£35045318
January 20265300.6%£385£35035716
December 20254990.6%£400£35027711
November 20255161.2%£375£35028510
October 20254851.2%£375£3503176
September 20254761.3%£375£3503046
August 20254601.3%£375£3503327
July 20254481.6%£375£3503197
June 20254571.3%£350£3503147
May 20254330.7%£325£3503077
April 20254520.9%£325£3503149
March 20254490.9%£325£3502365
February 20254921%£325£3502647
January 20255030.8%£325£3502636
December 20244890.8%£325£3502506
November 20245001%£375£3502996
October 20244900.8%£325£3504778
September 20245060.8%£325£3504406
August 20244820.8%£325£3453925
July 20244821.5%£325£3454024
June 20244731.9%£325£3053884
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 Stevenage 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: Stevenage, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/stevenage. If Stevenage 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 14 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Stevenage 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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