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Let your house to Oadby and Wigston council

What Oadby and Wigston 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. Oadby and Wigston runs "Private Sector Letting Scheme".

Management of the property would remain the landlord's responsibility; the council's only responsibility is limited to the financial amount agreed under the guarantees for the fixed term. The scheme web page returned HTTP 410, so the verdict is from the council's Private Sector Letting Scheme 2024 PDF. Contact housingoptions@oadby-wigston.gov.uk, 0116 288 8691.

SchemePrivate Sector Letting SchemeTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermInitial fixed term of 12 months or moreRentIn line with local housing allowance (LHA) rates (weekly LHA guide: room in HMO £91, one bed £124.27, two bed £149.59, three bed £178.36, four bed £241.64)IncentivesCash incentives; Deposit Guarantee Agreement covering damage up to the value of one month's rent; 12-month Rent Guarantee Agreement (terms and conditions apply, Gold Scheme); no commission or set up costs; free property inspection; free tenant finding; free non-payment interventionCouncil pagewww.oadby-wigston.gov.uk/files/documents/private_sector_letting_schemeChecked2026-09-28

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