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Let your house to Malvern Hills council

What Malvern Hills 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. Malvern Hills runs "Malvern Hills Lettings".

A social lettings service with three tiers: a free tenant match, a chargeable assisted letting service (matching plus checking the property standard and paperwork), and a chargeable managed service covering the day to day management of the tenancy. No guaranteed rent or cash incentive is described. Contact Sarah Cook on 01386 565114.

SchemeMalvern Hills LettingsTypemanagement scheme: the council lets and manages it for youIncentivesTenant match service at no charge; assisted letting and managed services are chargeable (fees not stated on the page); inventory, schedules with photographs, exit inspection and quarterly inspections under the managed serviceWhat they wantPrivately rented homes to match with tenants needing affordable housingCouncil pagewww.malvernhills.gov.uk/housing/housing-for-you/malvern-hills-lettingsChecked2026-09-28
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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: Malvern Hills council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.