Let your house to Fareham council

Q: Does Fareham council work with private landlords?

Yes. Fareham runs "FareLets" (a mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentives). Term: Tenant Find: 12 month fixed term; Managed Lease: 12 months to 3 years; Full Management: 12 month term. Source: the council's own page, checked 2026-09-28.

What Fareham 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. Fareham runs "FareLets".

Each of the schemes offers guaranteed rent, giving landlords the peace of mind that their rental income will be protected. Three service levels: Tenant Find, Managed Lease and Full Management. Contact 01329 824405 or farelets@fareham.gov.uk.

SchemeFareLetsTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermTenant Find: 12 month fixed term; Managed Lease: 12 months to 3 years; Full Management: 12 month termIncentivesTenant Find (free): bond equivalent to one month's rent and rent guarantee for the first 12 months. Managed Lease (£300 first registration, £200 for no-gas properties): council leases and sublets, rent guaranteed monthly on the 1st, property returned in original condition excluding wear and tear. Full Management (8% of rent plus VAT): repairs covered up to £150 a year, bond of one month's rent, 12 month rent guarantee, insurance excess up to £100 for tenant damageWhat they wantStudio flats through 4 bedroom houses; must be safe, secure and in good repair with valid safety certificates and an EPC; primarily Fareham borough, also Gosport and neighbouring areasCouncil pagefareham.gov.uk/housing/landlords_and_private_housing/farelets.aspxChecked2026-09-28

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