Let your house to Hillingdon council

Q: Does Hillingdon council work with private landlords?

Yes. Hillingdon runs "Landlord Incentive Programme" (landlord incentives). Term: incentive dependent on length of tenancy. Rent: all properties within this scheme need to be at the Local Housing Allowance rental rate. Source: the council's own page, checked 2026-09-28.

What Hillingdon 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. Hillingdon runs "Landlord Incentive Programme".

Landlords keep the flexibility of managing the tenancy yourself and choose tenants from the council's pool of clients; properties are submitted via an online form. The council's www.hillingdon.gov.uk/landlords address redirects to the pre.hillingdon.gov.uk host, which is where the page was read.

SchemeLandlord Incentive ProgrammeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeTermincentive dependent on length of tenancyRentall properties within this scheme need to be at the Local Housing Allowance rental rateIncentiveswe could offer you a generous incentive, dependant on the type of your property and its size, area, condition, length of tenancy and demand; free property inspection; tenant assessments; landlord engagement and compliance supportWhat they wantall types and sizes of self-contained properties within Hillingdon, however we will also consider any property outside of Hillingdon in the surrounding areas; good decorative order, structurally sound, alarms and valid safety documentsCouncil pagepre.hillingdon.gov.uk/landlords/landlord-guidance-adviceChecked2026-09-28

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