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Let your house to Blackpool council

What Blackpool 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. Blackpool runs "My Blackpool Home (Blackpool Housing Company) letting agency".

My Blackpool Home is the letting agency of Blackpool Housing Company Limited, the council-owned housing company, and the council's own finding-a-home pages name it. It offers full management, let and rent collection and let-only services at commercial fees; it does not advertise guaranteed rent or leasing, and the council's Residential landlords and Sourcing privately rented accommodation pages describe no bond or incentive scheme. Contact 01253 477222 or hello@myblackpoolhome.co.uk.

SchemeMy Blackpool Home (Blackpool Housing Company) letting agencyTypemanagement scheme: the council lets and manages it for youIncentivesFee-charging agency: Full Management fee 10% of rental income plus VAT with 240 pounds tenant finder fee; Let and Rent Collection 5% plus VAT with 300 pounds tenant finder fee; Let Only 360 pounds; letting fee waived for the next tenant if a tenant leaves within the first 3 months; for working tenants the agency will underwrite the bond until the tenant can pay it in instalments over 6 monthsWhat they wantNot statedCouncil pagewww.myblackpoolhome.co.uk/landlords/servicesChecked2026-09-28
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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.

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