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Let your house to Braintree council

What Braintree 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. Braintree runs "Landlord Incentive and Tenancy Sustainment Scheme".

The council states: we do not manage the property, collect rent, carry out inspections, arrange or pay for repairs; the landlord provides the tenancy agreement and keeps the tenancy. Contact property2let@braintree.gov.uk or 01376 552525.

SchemeLandlord Incentive and Tenancy Sustainment SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeRentStandard option at the landlord's rent; enhanced option where rent is at Local Housing Allowance ratesIncentivesStandard: the equivalent of one month's rent as an incentive payment. Enhanced (LHA rent): 10% of the annual LHA rate plus a one-off incremental incentive payment (1 bed 1,000 pounds, 2 bed 1,250 pounds, 3 bed 1,500 pounds, 4 bed 2,000 pounds); deposit of up to five weeks' rent placed in a government-approved scheme; first month's rent in advanceWhat they wantAny property type is eligible, provided the necessary licences are in place and safety standards are metCouncil pagewww.braintree.gov.uk/housing/landlord-incentive-tenancy-sustainment-scChecked2026-09-28

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