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HAP calculator

Is this rent inside the HAP limit for my household?

HAP is paid to the landlord by the local authority; you pay the council a differential rent plus any top-up to the landlord. The limits are set per council and household and date from 2017, with discretion of up to 35%. Pick your council and household and enter the rent asked.

Checked 27 OCT 2026 · S.I. 56/2017 (Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2017)

Your council and household

The limit depends on both

Local authorityHouseholdRent asked, a monthHousehold net income, a weekOptional: for a rough estimate of the differential rent.

The council decides discretion case by case and runs its own differential rent scheme; the estimate here is a planning figure, labelled as such. Each council's own page carries its current limits table.