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Let your house to Hounslow council

What Hounslow 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. Hounslow runs "Letting your property through us: Private sector leasing scheme (PSL), Direct Let Scheme and Private Licence Agreement".

Under PSL the council leases the property for a minimum of two years and manages it; landlords keep the property structure maintained internally and externally as described within the lease agreement. Sibling pages cover a Direct Let Scheme and a Private Licence Agreement. Contact landlords@hounslow.gov.uk or 020 8583 3855.

SchemeLetting your property through us: Private sector leasing scheme (PSL), Direct Let Scheme and Private Licence AgreementTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermA minimum two-year leaseRentGuaranteed rent, paid in advance, for the duration of the lease agreementIncentivesno agency fees; full property and tenant management by the council; guaranteed rent continues even when unoccupied; initial property condition survey; a dedicated team for your propertyWhat they wantfamily-sized accommodation within Hounslow borough, empty, in good condition, unfurnished with a cooker; EPC SAP score above 50, gas and electrical certificates, asbestos survey, alarms and fire doors, building insurance with £2M public liability, Homecare Four or equivalent coverCouncil pagewww.hounslow.gov.uk/private-landlords/letting-property-usChecked2026-09-28

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