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Let your house to Lambeth council

What Lambeth 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. Lambeth runs "Lambeth Lettings (cash incentive scheme and leasing scheme)".

Under the cash incentive scheme the tenancy is a normal Assured Shorthold Tenancy between you and the tenant, tenants are vetted and attend a good tenant accreditation course, and the page contrasts this with our leasing scheme where the landlord does not choose the tenant. Leasing terms are not published on the pages read; packages vary by location and terms are available on application.

SchemeLambeth Lettings (cash incentive scheme and leasing scheme)Typea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesRentlocal housing allowance rateIncentivesIf you rent to someone at the local housing allowance rate through this scheme, we'll pay you a generous non-refundable cash incentive. This is instead of a deposit or an upfront advance rent payment from the tenant; no charge for the serviceWhat they wantany decent quality properties throughout London, but especially in Lambeth or south London; highest demand is for two-bed properties; landlords must be accredited (LLAS or other recognised scheme)Council pagewww.lambeth.gov.uk/housing/landlords-licensing/find-tenants-your-propeChecked2026-09-28

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