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<p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of the level of Local Housing Allowance
(LHA) compared with the cost of rented accommodation in Bristol.</p><p> </p><p>The
proportion of private market rents that are at or below the LHA rate are set out below.
This is based on:</p><ul><li>2019/20 LHA rates published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020</a></li><li>Valuation
Office Agency data <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents</a>.</li></ul><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Shared accommodation</p></td><td><p>1
bedroom</p></td><td><p>2 bedrooms</p></td><td><p>3 bedrooms</p></td><td><p>4 bedrooms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Note: South West figures calculated as the average for the following Broad
Rental Market Areas: Kernow West, North Cornwall & Devon Borders, Plymouth, South
Devon, Exeter, North Devon, Mid & East Devon, Mid & West Dorset, Taunton &
West Somerset, Yeovil, Weston-S-Mare, Mendip, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham,
West Wiltshire, Swindon, Salisbury and Bournemouth.</p><p> </p>
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