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Let your house to Mansfield council

What Mansfield 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. Mansfield runs "Private Rented Access Scheme".

The private landlord rents their property directly to the applicant and the tenancy is between the landlord and applicant; the council pays the deposit and first month's rent. Council news says £134,081 was paid to landlords in the first year. Contact privaterentedaccess@mansfield.gov.uk or 07934159405.

SchemePrivate Rented Access SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeTermPilot for a year from 1 February 2025, since extendedIncentivesThe council funds rental deposits and the first advanced rent payment to private landlords; access to RentGuarantor, an insurance-backed service paid for by tenants, for rent and legal proceedings if a tenant falls into arrears; tenants contacted three times in the first six monthsWhat they wantProperties checked by the council to ensure they are safe, secure and suitableCouncil pagewww.mansfield.gov.uk/housing/private-rented-access-schemeChecked2026-09-28
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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: Mansfield council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.