# The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013, Paragraph 2: Local housing allowance for category of accommodation in paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraphs 5 (anomalous local housing allowances and 7 (minimum local housing allowance)) the rent officer must determine a local housing allowance for each category of accommodation in paragraph 1 as follows.
(2) The local housing allowance for any category of accommodation is the lower of—
(a) the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with paragraph 3; and
(b) for a category of accommodation listed in column 1 of the following table, the amount listed in column 2 of that table (maximum local housing allowance)—
1. Category of accommodation as specified in paragraph 1
2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of accommodation
paragraph 1(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
£1,439.97
Paragraph 1(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
£1,439.97
Paragraph 1(c) (two bedrooms)
£1,793.98
Paragraph 1(d) (three bedrooms)
£2,160.02
Paragraph 1(e) (four bedrooms)
£3,060.00
(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) Where the local housing allowance would otherwise not be a whole number of pence, it must be rounded to the nearest whole penny by disregarding any amount less than half a penny and treating any amount of half a penny or more as a whole penny.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/382/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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