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Let your house to Hackney council

What Hackney 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. Hackney runs "Find private tenants for your property (tenant matching) and Lease your property to us".

Two routes: a free matching service where you meet and approve tenants and keep responsibility for managing your property, and a long-term lease to the council for use as temporary accommodation, applied for as a contract on the London Tenders Portal. Contact the Housing Supply Team on 020 8356 4411 or housingsupply@hackney.gov.uk.

SchemeFind private tenants for your property (tenant matching) and Lease your property to usTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermleasing: rent it to us on a long-term basis (contract via the London Tenders Portal)Rentmatching service: the rent you charge your tenant should be no higher than the government's Local Housing Allowance rate; leasing: a competitive rate, rates only discussed with successful applicantsIncentivesfinancial incentives to work with us, the amount depends on the size and condition of the property; no admin fees; a dedicated officer and free property inspection; tenants can provide rent in advanceWhat they wantmatching: ready to let, unfurnished, insured and in good condition, on an assured periodic tenancy, anywhere in the UK; leasing: rooms and self-contained units in London in flats, houses, hotels, hostels and bed and breakfasts for temporary accommodationCouncil pagewww.hackney.gov.uk/housing/private-tenants-and-landlords/private-landlChecked2026-09-28

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