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<p>Targeted affordability funding is allocated to those rates that have diverged the
furthest from local rents. All 960 Local Housing Allowance rates are ranked according
to the share of the market they afford, starting with the most divergent and the funding
is then applied.</p><p> </p><p>The shared accommodation rate in the central London
Broad Rental Market Area was increased via targeted affordability funding in both
2017/18 and 2018/19. In 2019/20 this rate was not eligible for targeted affordability
funding as it no longer fell within the range of rates that have diverged the most
from local rents.</p>
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