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Let your house to Newham council

What Newham 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. Newham runs "Letting your property to us (PRS Solutions Team)".

The tenancy agreement would be between you and the tenant, not the Council; the rent guarantee is a 12 month insurance policy bought via Moneywise rather than a council guarantee. The council's managing agent guidance warns landlords against private guaranteed rent or rent to rent companies. Contact HPASPRSTeam@newham.gov.uk.

SchemeLetting your property to us (PRS Solutions Team)Typelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeTerman assured periodic tenancyRentLocal Housing Allowance (LHA) level rent or we can discuss your desired rent levelIncentivescompetitive incentives depending on the size and location of the property; a reservation fee (where required); one year's rent guarantee insurance or combined insurance; one month's rent deposit (where required); no hidden fees or commission charges; payment within 4 to 10 working days of tenancy agreement being provided to the CouncilWhat they wantproperties ready to let with gas, electrical, EPC and fire risk certificates, alarms, window restrictors, oven and fridge freezer, a property licence under the borough's scheme and LLAS membershipCouncil pagewww.newham.gov.uk/landlords-newham/letting-property-usChecked2026-09-28

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