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Let your house to Barking and Dagenham council

What Barking and Dagenham offers private landlords who want the council as their tenant or their letting agent, in the council's own words, with the page to apply on.

Yes. Barking and Dagenham runs "Private sector leasing and Rent Deposit Scheme".

We don't lease properties directly from individual landlords; instead we have a contract with a number of managing agents, who lease the properties to us and provide the management service on our behalf (eleven agents listed). Under the Rent Deposit Scheme the tenancy is between landlord and tenant and the council do not offer ongoing tenancy management services.

SchemePrivate sector leasing and Rent Deposit SchemeTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermRent Deposit Scheme: assured shorthold tenancy with a typical duration of 24 months (incentives paid only on 2-year tenancies)Rentmonthly rental charge proposed by the landlord and agreed with the Procurement OfficerIncentivesupfront negotiable rent payment to cover at least the first month's rent; upfront deposit payment; upfront incentive payments (incentives paid only on 2-year tenancies); quick letting times to reduce landlord void lossWhat they wantresidential properties to rent, with photos, bedroom counts, certificates and property licence numberCouncil pagewww.lbbd.gov.uk/options-landlords-and-managing-agents-if-you-have-propChecked2026-09-28

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How these schemes work

Councils have a duty to house people they accept as homeless and a shortage of their own stock, so many lease or manage private landlords' houses instead. The common shapes are a lease of three to five years where the council becomes your tenant and pays rent whether the house is occupied or not, a management arrangement where the council lets and looks after it for you, or a one-off incentive (a cash payment, a deposit guarantee, rent in advance) for taking a council-nominated tenant on a normal tenancy. Terms, rent levels and what they want vary by council and change with demand, so treat every page here as a pointer to the council's own page, not a quote.

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Check the same things you would for any let: whether the address is inside an HMO Article 4 area if the council plans to house more than one household, which licensing applies, and what the LHA rate is, since many schemes pay at or just under it. The free HMO Article 4 checker tests any postcode; Kerbio shows all three on the Rightmove listing before you buy.

See this on every Rightmove listing.Kerbio puts the Article 4 answer, licensing, the council's HMO register and sold prices on the Rightmove, Zoopla or OnTheMarket page itself. Free for 7 days, then £39 a month.

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Source: Barking and Dagenham council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.