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Let your house to Brent council

What Brent 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. Brent runs "Rent with Brent (Direct Lettings) and Brent direct leasing scheme".

Direct Lettings finds tenants from temporary accommodation and facilitates the paperwork at no charge; the direct leasing tab describes a three to five year renewable lease managed by the council for properties in Brent and surrounding areas, and a third option lets via a housing association. Contact the Private Sector Initiatives Team on 020 8937 2777 or landlords@brent.gov.uk.

SchemeRent with Brent (Direct Lettings) and Brent direct leasing schemeTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermDirect leasing: three to five-year lease, renewableRentRent at the current Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rateIncentivesCompetitive cash incentives based on your property's size and location; no administrative fees; payment within 10 working days after tenancy agreements are signed; direct leasing: one-off cash incentives offered, no fees or commissionWhat they wantstudios, 1-bedroom, and 2+ bedroom homes in London and the South East; furnished and in good condition with CP12, gas, electrical and EPC certificatesCouncil pagewww.brent.gov.uk/housing/landlords/renting-out-your-propertyChecked2026-09-28

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