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Let your house to East Hampshire council

What East Hampshire 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. East Hampshire runs "Tenancy Bond Scheme".

We are able to refer prospective tenants to landlords who wish to work in partnership, and we will support subsequent tenancies through the Tenancy Bond Scheme. Tenancies are monitored with an 8 week check and 6 monthly reviews. No lease, guaranteed rent or management offer on the page.

SchemeTenancy Bond SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeRentThe Bond Scheme can only support affordable tenancies. The Local Housing Allowance is our benchmark for affordable rents.IncentivesBond Guarantee: written agreement between landlord, applicant and the council under which the council is financially responsible for rent arrears or damage caused by the applicant, up to an agreed amount within the bond; advice, reduced advertising costs, fast-track housing benefitWhat they wantProperties must meet the criteria in the council's landlord requirements documentCouncil pagewww.easthants.gov.uk/housing/landlord-and-tenant-hubChecked2026-09-28
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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: East Hampshire council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.