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Let your house to Medway council

What Medway 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. Medway runs "One Medway Lettings (previously Private Rented Scheme)".

Three tiers: tenant finder, rent collection, or full property management for up to 5 years with guaranteed rent and no void costs. Crisis database notes the earlier offer averaged six weeks deposit plus six weeks rent in advance (about £3,000) and is now flexible by property. Contact onemedwaylettings@medway.gov.uk or 01634 333 510.

SchemeOne Medway Lettings (previously Private Rented Scheme)Typea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermFully managed option: sign up to management for up to 5 yearsRentGuaranteed rent with no rent void costs under the rent collection and fully managed servicesIncentivesFinancial incentives paid within 2 weeks of sign up; deposit guaranteed; 24/7 repairs and support with evictions under full management; landlord forumWhat they wantAffordable rental accommodation of different sizes to meet the needs of a wide range of tenantsCouncil pagewww.medway.gov.uk/info/200134/housing/99/private_rented_scheme_prsChecked2026-09-28

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