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Let your house to Camden council

What Camden 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. Camden runs "Camden Lettings".

Camden Lettings work with over 400 letting agents and landlords; landlords choose from vetted tenants who have attended tenants' training. Register a property via the online form or camdenlettings@camden.gov.uk.

SchemeCamden LettingsTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeRentLocal Housing Allowance ratesIncentivesWe offer a generous financial incentive; no lettings or admin fees; a free London Landlord Accreditation Scheme (LLAS) voucher worth £100; ongoing support and advice throughout the life of the tenancyWhat they wantstudios, 1 beds, 2 beds and 3 beds in and around the London area, and ground floor and lifted properties in the borough and neighbouring boroughs at the Local Housing Allowance ratesCouncil pagewww.camden.gov.uk/camden-lettingsChecked2026-09-28
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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: Camden council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.