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Let your house to Broxtowe council

What Broxtowe 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. Broxtowe runs "Deposit Guarantee Scheme".

The guarantee is for tenants who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, on low income with a local connection to Broxtowe; it saves landlords having to deal with the cash, paperwork and deposit returns associated with Deposit Protection Schemes. The Private Landlords page lists the scheme and current LHA rates. Housing Options 0115 917 3439, housing.optionsmailbox@broxtowe.gov.uk.

SchemeDeposit Guarantee SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentivesA written deposit guarantee in place of a cash deposit to a landlord; if a tenant owes money during the life of the guarantee for damage, loss, or rent arrears, the value of the deposit will be reimbursed to the landlord providing a claim is submitted in line with the agreementCouncil pagewww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/housing/housing-options-and-homelessness/dChecked2026-09-28
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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: Broxtowe council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.