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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Thanet

Of 1,501 homes advertised to rent in Thanet in the six months to 31 October 2026, 10 (0.7%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,746 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 33 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 studios4290 (0%)£1721806
2 bed7084 (0.6%)£22567621
3 bed2833 (1.1%)£3955476
4 bed813 (3.7%)£3503430
All sizes1,50110 (0.7%)£2451,74633

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. 24 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: 2.6%Jul 24: 2.1%Aug 24: 1.9%Sep 24: 1.6%Oct 24: 1.5%Nov 24: 1.3%Dec 24: 1.2%Jan 25: 1.3%Feb 25: 1.6%Mar 25: 1.6%Apr 25: 1.7%May 25: 1.5%Jun 25: 1.2%Jul 25: 2.3%Aug 25: 2.2%Sep 25: 2%Oct 25: 2.1%Nov 25: 2.6%Dec 25: 2.8%Jan 26: 1.6%Feb 26: 1.7%Mar 26: 2.2%Apr 26: 2.1%May 26: 1.8%Jun 26: 1.6%Jul 26: 1.6%Aug 26: 1.6%Sep 26: 0.8%Oct 26: 0.7%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
044Jun 24: 38Jul 24: 44Aug 24: 40Sep 24: 44Oct 24: 43Nov 24: 37Dec 24: 36Jan 25: 25Feb 25: 20Mar 25: 32Apr 25: 29May 25: 27Jun 25: 23Jul 25: 24Aug 25: 30Sep 25: 34Oct 25: 37Nov 25: 38Dec 25: 37Jan 26: 32Feb 26: 31Mar 26: 32Apr 26: 32May 26: 34Jun 26: 35Jul 26: 34Aug 26: 32Sep 26: 35Oct 26: 33Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,5010.7%£225£3951,74633
September 20261,4150.8%£225£3961,75235
August 20261,3121.6%£200£3541,79932
July 20261,3071.6%£200£3501,83534
June 20261,4721.6%£200£3751,88635
May 20261,4181.8%£200£3501,86134
April 20261,4182.1%£200£3501,87932
March 20261,4772.2%£200£3501,80932
February 20261,4351.7%£200£3501,70531
January 20261,4341.6%£200£3501,69332
December 20251,2772.8%£200£3501,45637
November 20251,3622.6%£200£3501,53538
October 20251,3682.1%£200£3501,65037
September 20251,2672%£200£3501,65934
August 20251,2712.2%£200£3501,70230
July 20251,2352.3%£200£3501,65624
June 20251,1871.2%£200£3501,81623
May 20251,1031.5%£200£3501,62227
April 20251,0691.7%£200£3951,36429
March 20251,1361.6%£200£4001,63932
February 20251,1561.6%£200£4001,34120
January 20251,1751.3%£200£4001,37725
December 20241,1801.2%£200£4001,45436
November 20241,1981.3%£200£4001,53037
October 20241,2251.5%£200£4001,87443
September 20241,1851.6%£200£4001,82344
August 20241,1461.9%£200£3501,73940
July 20241,1372.1%£200£3501,69344
June 20241,1722.6%£175£3351,57838
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 Thanet 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: Thanet, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/thanet. If Thanet 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 33 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Thanet 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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