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Let your house to Ealing council

What Ealing 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. Ealing runs "Renting your property to the council: Private sector leasing, Direct lets and Recommend a landlord incentive".

Under private sector leasing the council is responsible for the property during the lease and you get a guaranteed rent for the period; you are responsible for repairs and get vacant possession back at the end if you do not extend. Sibling pages cover Direct lets and a Recommend a landlord incentive. Contact the acquisition officers on 020 8825 8888 or landlords@ealing.gov.uk.

SchemeRenting your property to the council: Private sector leasing, Direct lets and Recommend a landlord incentiveTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermWe lease your property for a set period of timeRentrent is set up to the maximum level of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) for the property size in that particular areaIncentivescouncil guarantees monthly rental payment, with an upfront payment of £500 per year of lease; exempt from the private landlord licensing fee in Ealing licensing wards; free inspection and grant advice; free LLAS voucher worth £100; ongoing tenancy management free of chargeCouncil pagewww.ealing.gov.uk/info/201086/housing/2299/renting_your_property_to_thChecked2026-09-28

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