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Let your house to Northumberland council

What Northumberland 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. Northumberland runs "Rent Deposit Guarantee Scheme (RDGS)".

This scheme is available to help people find suitable, affordable accommodation by providing a bond guarantee in the private rented sector; the landlord gets a written guarantee rather than cash and the property must be accredited by the council. A landlord guide PDF is linked from the page. Contact PrivateSectorHousing@northumberland.gov.uk or 0345 600 6400.

SchemeRent Deposit Guarantee Scheme (RDGS)Typelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentivesA bond guarantee in the private rented sector: the tenant saves the guaranteed bond amount with Northumberland Community Bank and the landlord receives a paper guarantee claimable at the end of the tenancy for damages or arrearsWhat they wantProperties accredited through the council's private rented sector accreditation schemeCouncil pagewww.northumberland.gov.uk/housing/private-landlords-and-tenantsChecked2026-09-28
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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: Northumberland council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.