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Let your house to Croydon council

What Croydon 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. Croydon runs "Letting services and initiatives".

We are actively seeking private rented properties to house families within Croydon; a landlord enquiry form leads to a discussion of the best option. A 2018 council news release described a Croydon Lettings social lettings agency pilot with guaranteed rent, but the current landlords page describes incentives only. Contact procurementteam@croydon.gov.uk.

SchemeLetting services and initiativesTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeRentyour property will be let at the local housing allowance (LHA) rateIncentivesfinancial incentive: receive up to £5,500; no fees or commissions; quick turnaround following an inspection; tenants checked for anti-social behaviour and rent arrears historyWhat they wantprivate rented properties to house families within Croydon, with proof of ownership, licensing certificate where applicable, EPC, gas and electrical certificatesCouncil pagewww.croydon.gov.uk/housing/landlords/letting-services-and-initiativesChecked2026-09-28
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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: Croydon council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.