Let your house to Bexley council

Q: Does Bexley council work with private landlords?

Yes. Bexley runs "Let2Bex (Landlord Incentive Schemes)" (landlord incentives). Term: one-off bonus payment for renewing the tenancy after 12 months. Rent: The rent is set at Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates which depend on the size and location of the property. Source: the council's own page, checked 2026-09-28.

What Bexley 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. Bexley runs "Let2Bex (Landlord Incentive Schemes)".

Rent is paid directly to the landlord from the tenant and is paid one month in arrears; tenants are assessed as having low support needs and ready to manage a tenancy. Contact the Resettlement Team on 020 3045 3310 or housingresettlementteam@bexley.gov.uk.

SchemeLet2Bex (Landlord Incentive Schemes)Typelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeTermone-off bonus payment for renewing the tenancy after 12 monthsRentThe rent is set at Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates which depend on the size and location of the propertyIncentivescash incentives payments for your property; cover you for any damage to the property or rent arrears up to a certain amount; a one-off bonus payment for renewing the tenancy after 12 months; free tenant finding, photo inventory, tenancy agreement and right to rent checkWhat they wantyour property must be in Bexley or the surrounding area, with EPC and gas safety certificateCouncil pagewww.bexley.gov.uk/services/housing/renting-your-property/landlord-inceChecked2026-09-28

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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.

Before you sign

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