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Welcome to the VOA Rent Officers Home Page.
The Rent Service was responsible for providing rental valuation services for the private rented housing sector for housing benefit services. Its functions were taken over by the Valuation Office Agency in 2009.
VOA Rent Officers carry out a range of statutory duties covering rental data, fair rent and housing benefit valuations and also provide DWP annually with current Local Housing Allowance rates.
Find out if you’re a letting agency business who needs to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Landlord responsibilities when renting out your property, including making repairs, health and safety, increasing the rent and changing regulated tenancies.
Guidance from the British Embassy on buying, renting or letting property in the United Arab Emirates.
Description and links to ONS statistics production from our data.
This collection brings together all documents relating to private rental market statistics published by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA).
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) asks for rental and lease information to assess the rateable value of non-domestic properties.
Our latest stakeholder communications.
How statistics on rents, lettings and tenancies are compiled, including information about what is shown by each table and discontinued tables.
How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.
Valuation Office Agency Rent Officers have a number of responsibilities, including maintaining a register of fair rents and determining Local Housing Allowance.
Historical LHA rates for reference.
List of rents data used to calculate Local Housing Allowances (LHA).
Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you've been contacted by them
Find out how to apply VAT if you're in the taxi and private hire car trade.
Information on legal requirements and advice for British nationals buying or renting property in Spain.
The Rent Officer Handbook is a manual primarily provided as practice guidance for Valuation Office Agency Rent Officers.
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