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Let your house to Bury council

What Bury 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. Bury runs "Bury Council lease and repair scheme, Rent and Bond scheme, Tenant finds only service".

The Landlords page lists four incentives (lease and repair scheme for up to five years, tenant finds only service, Rent and Bond scheme, Empty Property Loans) and says: to apply for one of our services or for more information, please contact the Private Rented Team by emailing privaterenting@bury.gov.uk. Rent basis, bond amounts and property requirements are not published.

SchemeBury Council lease and repair scheme, Rent and Bond scheme, Tenant finds only serviceTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermLease and repair scheme for up to five yearsIncentivesLease and repair scheme for up to five years; Rent and Bond scheme; Empty Property Loans; details not stated on the pageCouncil pagewww.bury.gov.uk/housing/private-rent/landlordsChecked2026-09-28

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