Does Havant council work with private landlords?

Yes. Havant runs "Supported Tenancy Scheme" (landlord incentives). Source: the council's own page, checked 2026-09-28.

Let your house to Havant council

What Havant 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. Havant runs "Supported Tenancy Scheme".

The Supported Tenancy Scheme helps the council to provide accommodation by working directly with private landlords; when the scheme has a vacancy people are put forward for a tenancy. The page states no cash incentive, bond, rent in advance, guaranteed rent or lease, so the kind is a nomination and support arrangement rather than a leasing or guaranteed rent scheme. Contact the Housing Service.

SchemeSupported Tenancy SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentivesDuring the tenancy both the landlord and the tenant are offered support to make sure that the tenancy is a successCouncil pagewww.havant.gov.uk/housing/private-sector-housing/advice-those-looking-Checked2026-09-28

New: How council schemes compare, what you give up, and a ready-to-send email to your council

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.

Add to Chrome

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