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What Derby 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. Derby runs "Private Rented Sector Access Team".

The page is written for people facing homelessness who want to rent privately; the team does affordability checks and connects applicants with private landlords and letting agents across Derby. No leasing or guaranteed rent. Contact prs@derbyhomes.org (Derby Homes is the council's ALMO).

SchemePrivate Rented Sector Access TeamTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentivesAn interest free grant or loan to help cover the cost of securing a tenancy (rent in advance or deposit); grants or interest-free loans for up to two months of rent arrears for eligible applicants; help arranging Housing Benefit or Universal Credit payments direct to the landlord.Council pagewww.derby.gov.uk/housing/housing-options/find-private-renting/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: Derby council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.