What are the LHA rates in Swale?

Swale is covered by 3 LHA areas. Medway and Swale: shared £410.00, 1 bed £675.00, 2 bed £850.00, 3 bed £940.00, 4 bed £1,300.00 a month. Canterbury: shared £425.00, 1 bed £675.00, 2 bed £895.00, 3 bed £1,100.00, 4 bed £1,315.00 a month. Maidstone: shared £444.83, 1 bed £750.00, 2 bed £905.00, 3 bed £1,200.00, 4 bed £1,550.00 a month.

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Swale LHA rates 2026/27

England · rates from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 · last checked October 2026

Swale is covered by 3 rental areas, so the rate depends on your postcode. Most of Swale is in Medway and Swale.

Medway and Swale about 72% of Swale postcodes

LHA rates, Medway and Swale BRMA, 2026/27
Rate	Weekly	Monthly
Shared accommodationSingle people under 35, rooms in shared houses	£94.62	£410.00
1 bedroomSingle person 35+, or a couple	£155.77	£675.00
2 bedrooms	£196.15	£850.00
3 bedrooms	£216.92	£940.00
4 bedroomsMaximum LHA pays for	£300.00	£1,300.00

Postcode districts: ME8 ME9 ME10 ME11 ME12

All Medway and Swale rates and postcodes

Canterbury about 25% of Swale postcodes

LHA rates, Canterbury BRMA, 2026/27
Rate	Weekly	Monthly
Shared accommodationSingle people under 35, rooms in shared houses	£98.08	£425.00
1 bedroomSingle person 35+, or a couple	£155.77	£675.00
2 bedrooms	£206.54	£895.00
3 bedrooms	£253.85	£1,100.00
4 bedroomsMaximum LHA pays for	£303.46	£1,315.00

Postcode districts: ME13

All Canterbury rates and postcodes

Maidstone about 3% of Swale postcodes

LHA rates, Maidstone BRMA, 2026/27
Rate	Weekly	Monthly
Shared accommodationSingle people under 35, rooms in shared houses	£102.65	£444.83
1 bedroomSingle person 35+, or a couple	£173.08	£750.00
2 bedrooms	£208.85	£905.00
3 bedrooms	£276.92	£1,200.00
4 bedroomsMaximum LHA pays for	£357.69	£1,550.00

All Maidstone rates and postcodes

Postcode districts in Swale

How the monthly rate is worked out

LHA rates are set as a weekly amount for each Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA). The monthly figure is the weekly rate × 52 ÷ 12, which is how Universal Credit works out housing costs. The 2026/27 rates are the same as the rates set in April 2024, so they have not changed since 2024/25.