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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Torfaen

Of 227 homes advertised to rent in Torfaen in the six months to 31 October 2026, 4 (1.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 416 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 13 would return 7% gross or more a year if let at the LHA.

Email me each month How it is counted
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 studios343 (8.8%)£123122
2 bed940 (0%)£285887
3 bed851 (1.2%)£3052173
4 bed140 (0%)—991
All sizes2274 (1.8%)£25041613

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.

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: 4.2%Jul 24: 2.8%Aug 24: 3.6%Sep 24: 2.5%Oct 24: 1.9%Nov 24: 2.5%Dec 24: 1.6%Jan 25: 1.6%Feb 25: 0.6%Mar 25: 0.5%Apr 25: 1.6%May 25: 1.1%Jun 25: 1.1%Jul 25: 1%Aug 25: 2.1%Sep 25: 3.2%Oct 25: 2.1%Nov 25: 2.1%Dec 25: 2.7%Jan 26: 3%Feb 26: 2%Mar 26: 1.5%Apr 26: 1.4%May 26: 1.5%Jun 26: 1.4%Jul 26: 1.5%Aug 26: 1.1%Sep 26: 1.4%Oct 26: 1.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
017Jun 24: 14Jul 24: 16Aug 24: 14Sep 24: 16Oct 24: 17Nov 24: 4Dec 24: 4Jan 25: 8Feb 25: 8Mar 25: 5Apr 25: 5May 25: 8Jun 25: 8Jul 25: 10Aug 25: 8Sep 25: 9Oct 25: 9Nov 25: 12Dec 25: 13Jan 26: 14Feb 26: 12Mar 26: 9Apr 26: 11May 26: 10Jun 26: 13Jul 26: 14Aug 26: 16Sep 26: 16Oct 26: 13Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262271.8%£285£30541613
September 20262091.4%£285£30038116
August 20261851.1%£258£30040816
July 20261981.5%£231£30043814
June 20262181.4%£235£30046413
May 20262001.5%£230£30045710
April 20262081.4%£230£30047011
March 20262001.5%£212£3004369
February 20262022%£210£27539412
January 20261993%£210£28035714
December 20251872.7%£185£30026613
November 20251942.1%£185£30026412
October 20251942.1%£224£3002969
September 20251903.2%£210£2803519
August 20251952.1%£210£2753418
July 20251911%£215£30035410
June 20251881.1%£213£2803348
May 20251801.1%£210£2883408
April 20251841.6%£185£2673225
March 20251920.5%£185£2753385
February 20251800.6%£185£2753648
January 20251911.6%£185£2503938
December 20241881.6%£185£2462994
November 20242002.5%£185£2453294
October 20242061.9%£185£24554217
September 20242042.5%£185£24550216
August 20242213.6%£185£22545914
July 20242122.8%£185£22547116
June 20242144.2%£160£24147614
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 Torfaen 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: Torfaen, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/torfaen. If Torfaen holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Torfaen's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 13 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Torfaen 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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