What does Basildon council offer landlords?

Guaranteed income; cash incentives; tenant finding; letting advice (from the council's own page, checked 2026-09-29).

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Q: Does Basildon council work with private landlords?

Yes. Basildon runs "Property Solutions Scheme" (a mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentives). Rent: Guaranteed income; basis not stated on the page. Source: the council's own page, checked 2026-09-29.

What Basildon 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. Basildon runs "Property Solutions Scheme".

Council page: Property Solutions is a council scheme offering guaranteed income, a range of cash incentives and tenant finding to landlords with family-sized houses and flats let on ASTs in the borough and surrounding area.

SchemeProperty Solutions SchemeTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesRentGuaranteed income; basis not stated on the pageIncentivesGuaranteed income; cash incentives; tenant finding; letting adviceWhat they wantFamily-sized houses and flats in Basildon borough and surrounding area, let on an assured shorthold tenancyCouncil pagewww.basildon.gov.uk/article/7888/Private-Landlords-Apply-to-join-the-PChecked2026-09-29

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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: Basildon council, read 2026-09-29. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.