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Let your house to Cheshire West and Chester council

What Cheshire West and Chester 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. Cheshire West and Chester runs "Private Rented Sector Service".

The service aims to support affordable tenancies; the council does not lease or manage. A Private Landlord Service leaflet describes Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, with Gold for accredited landlords housing homeless applicants. Contact privaterentenquiries@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk, 0151 337 6322.

SchemePrivate Rented Sector ServiceTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentivesGratuities of up to £500 and other incentives are provided for landlords using the service; free tenant matching service with tenants who are 'Tenancy Ready'; advice, mediation and communication with the tenant during the tenancy.What they wantHMOs, flats and houses for families and individuals across all parts of the borough.Council pagecheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/housing/private-rented-sector/Checked2026-09-28
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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: Cheshire West and Chester council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.