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Let your house to Havering council

What Havering 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. Havering runs "Find Your Own Scheme".

The scheme gives people an opportunity to find a home in the private rented sector in a location of their choice, and the council currently seeks new properties under it. The contact line also refers to a Private Sector Leasing function within the Housing Procurement Team, but no leasing terms are published on the page. Landlord hotline 01708 431515.

SchemeFind Your Own SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeTermprovide an Assured Shorthold TenancyRentcharge local housing allowance rate rent for the areaIncentivesone month's rent and one month's deposit; the incentive payment is made directly to the landlord or managing agent; use of our vetting process; dedicated support and advice for any tenancy-related mattersWhat they wantproperties found by the council's applicants, with proof of ownership, EPC, gas and electrical certificates, CO alarm evidence and a copy of the signed tenancy agreementCouncil pagewww.havering.gov.uk/information-landlords/schemes-offer-private-sectorChecked2026-09-28
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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: Havering council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.