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Let your house to Ipswich council

What Ipswich 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. Ipswich runs "Ipswich LET (Lettings Experience Team): Rent Guarantee Scheme and Deposit Bond Scheme".

Ipswich LET is run by Ipswich Borough Council (site footer and landlords@ipswich.gov.uk contact, 01473 478429) and also offers a free tenant finding service with property inspection. Since 2013 it reports over 90 tenancies via more than 70 agents and 60 landlords.

SchemeIpswich LET (Lettings Experience Team): Rent Guarantee Scheme and Deposit Bond SchemeTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermfor the duration of the agreementIncentivesRent Guarantee Scheme: pay the rent directly to you each month for the duration of the agreement, with vacancy periods covered; Deposit Bond Scheme: a written bond agreement guaranteeing one month of rent to protect against arrears or damage; no fees, no hidden costs, no commissionCouncil pagewww.ipswichlettings.co.uk/services/Checked2026-09-28
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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: Ipswich council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.