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Let your house to Merton council

What Merton 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. Merton runs "Landlords with accommodation to rent (Housing Supply)".

We have a number of single people and families looking for private landlords in and around south west London and are seeking landlords to work with us; no lease or guaranteed rent is described. Contact Housing Supply on 020 4605 6139 or Housingsupply@merton.gov.uk.

SchemeLandlords with accommodation to rent (Housing Supply)Typelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeRentadvice on lettability and rent levelsIncentivesfinancial incentives for introducing properties to us; deposit guarantee agreements; escorted tenant viewings within 48 hours of a property being accepted to minimise void periods; preparation of tenancy agreements; tenant affordability screening; support throughout tenanciesWhat they wantprivate landlords in and around south west London for single people and familiesCouncil pagewww.merton.gov.uk/council-tax-benefits-and-housing/private-housing/lanChecked2026-09-28
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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: Merton council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.