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Let your house to Hull council

What Hull 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. Hull runs "Private Sector Access Team, Tenant Finder Service".

A free tenant finder service: the council states it does not lease properties and does not provide tenancy management, the landlord keeps full control and is under no obligation to take a tenant. Contact PrivateSectorAccessTeam@hullcc.gov.uk or 01482 300 300.

SchemePrivate Sector Access Team, Tenant Finder ServiceTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeRentaffordable rents (landlord sets the rent)IncentivesWe can pay rent in advance and deposits on behalf of the tenant; free property advertising; affordability, ID, right to rent and tenancy history checks; direct housing benefit payments where appropriateWhat they wantProperties to be in good condition and up to HHSRS standards; landlord manages the tenancyCouncil pagewww.hull.gov.uk/private-housing/private-sector-access-teamChecked2026-09-28
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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: Hull council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.