Local Housing Allowance Changes in the Cambridge Sub-Region, 2013-2016

Cambridgeshire Insight provides data on the private rented market in the Cambridge housing sub-region, covering Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk. The dataset examines the impact of reforms to the Local Housing Allowance, the housing benefit for private renters, from 2013 to 2016. It focuses on the policy change from setting the allowance at the median market rent to the 30th percentile.

Use Cases

• Assessing policy impact on rental affordability based on the shift from median to 30th percentile rent calculations.
• Analyzing regional housing market dynamics based on data from five Broad Rental Market Areas.
• Modeling the effects of welfare reforms on the private rented sector in a specific UK sub-region.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific policy change period from 2013 to 2016.
• Geographic scope is clearly defined as the Cambridge sub-region, covering Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk.
• Available in multiple accessible file formats, including CSV, XLS, and JSON.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Cambridgeshire Insight

Collection Method

Likely administrative data related to housing benefit assessments and market rents.

Time Range

2013-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:00.607617; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cambridge housing sub-region (Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk, UK)