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Let your house to Greenwich council

What Greenwich 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. Greenwich runs "Royal Greenwich Landlord Scheme (Private Landlord Leasing Scheme and Private Landlord Lettings Scheme)".

If you lease your property to us, we'll directly manage it for you for free and find the tenants; we'll guarantee the rental income and pay this to you quarterly in advance. Express an interest through the online form at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/landlordscheme.

SchemeRoyal Greenwich Landlord Scheme (Private Landlord Leasing Scheme and Private Landlord Lettings Scheme)Typea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermTwo to five years, with longer leases of ten years or more available (council news release)RentRental income guaranteed and paid quarterly in advance (scheme page); rents paid at the Local Housing Allowance rate (council news release)IncentivesOne-off incentive payments; property improvement grants where a property does not meet lettings standards (news reports cite up to £15,000); free property management; no fees, commissions or chargesCouncil pagewww.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/housing/letting-out-your-property/rent-or-leChecked2026-09-28

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