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Let your house to Epsom and Ewell council

What Epsom and Ewell 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. Epsom and Ewell runs "Private Sector Leasing Scheme".

We lease your property for a period of three to five years, with guaranteed rent paid 6 months in advance, and the council manages the property and houses local families in housing need. Apply through the online form Do you have a property to let; a PSL landlord information pack is published.

SchemePrivate Sector Leasing SchemeTypeleasing scheme: the council takes a lease and pays you as its landlordTermthree to five yearsRentGuaranteed rent, paid 6 months in advanceIncentivesNo void periods or costs; no letting agent or management fees; minor repairs up to £500 per year carried out by the council; property returned in the same condition (minus fair wear and tear); no inventory costs; Right to Rent checks done by the council; no deposit registration; option for routine and major repairs to be handled for a feeWhat they wantEspecially 3 and 4 bedroom and larger family properties; council news (2024) says three, four and five bedroom housesCouncil pagewww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/residents/housing/do-you-have-property-let/privChecked2026-09-28
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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.

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