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Let your house to Haringey council

What Haringey 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. Haringey runs "Rent your property through the council (Private Sector Supply Team)".

A property matching service where you retain full control of your property, as the agreement is directly between you and the tenant; tenants undergo affordability assessments and pre tenancy training. Search also surfaced a Private Sector Lease Accommodation page and budget papers on transferring PSLs, not read here. Contact private.sectorlettings@haringey.gov.uk or 020 8489 1177.

SchemeRent your property through the council (Private Sector Supply Team)Typelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeTerman Assured Shorthold Tenancy for 12 or 24 months, or an Assured periodic tenancy (from May 2026)RentRent should be set at the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate, although we are happy to discuss your preferred rent levelIncentivesgenerous non-returnable financial incentive based on your property's size, condition, and suitability; no agency fees at any stage; HHSRS inspection included; dedicated single point of contactWhat they wantproperties with gas, electrical and EPC certificates, fire risk assessment where applicable, alarms, fire doors, window restrictors, licence if in a selective licensing area, and landlord accreditationCouncil pageharingey.gov.uk/housing/private-sector-renting/landlords/rent-your-proChecked2026-09-28

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