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Let your house to Gravesham council

What Gravesham 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. Gravesham runs "GBC Lettings".

Council-run fully managed lettings service with rent guaranteed on the 1st of each month and a council deposit bond, charged at 6% plus VAT monthly with a £250 set up fee; repairs via the council's preferred contractor or your own. Register through the Landlord Register form or email gbclettings@gravesham.gov.uk.

SchemeGBC LettingsTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesIncentivesWe guarantee to pay your rent on or before the 1st of each month, regardless of whether the tenant has paid their rent; guaranteed to tenant your property in 2 weeks from sign up if ready to let; deposit bond provided by Gravesham Borough Council covering up to 5 weeks' rent of damages; fully managed service for a monthly fee of 6% + VAT and £250 inc VAT tenancy set upWhat they wantGood quality and safe properties; tenants chosen from households in Gravesham in urgent need of accommodationCouncil pagewww.gravesham.gov.uk/gbc-lettingsChecked2026-09-28
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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: Gravesham council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.