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Let your house to Milton Keynes council

What Milton Keynes 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. Milton Keynes runs "Landlord Cash Incentive Scheme (guaranteed rent and cash incentive)".

The Supply and Acquisitions team pays a cash incentive by bedroom size and offers a guaranteed rental income renewed annually, or a rent top up instead of the incentive; the landlord grants the tenancy. Council news reports around 100 landlords signed up. Contact supplyandacquisitionteam@milton-keynes.gov.uk.

SchemeLandlord Cash Incentive Scheme (guaranteed rent and cash incentive)Typea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermCouncil news: tenancies of between six months and two years; £750 bonuses at the 24 and 36-month anniversaries for tenancies starting after 1 August 2026RentA guaranteed rental income that is renewed on an annual basis; alternatively a Rent Top Up between what the tenant can afford and the asking rent (not paid alongside an incentive)IncentivesCash incentives of £2,570 (studio or 1 bed), £3,260 (2 bed), £3,860 (3 bed), £5,125 (4 bed), £7,695 (5 bed), £8,385 (6 bed); £750 bonuses at 24 and 36 months; free HHSRS inspections; free NRLA accreditation in the first year per council newsWhat they wantNot specified on the pageCouncil pagewww.milton-keynes.gov.uk/housing/supply-and-acquisitionsChecked2026-09-28

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