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Let your house to Oldham council

What Oldham 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. Oldham runs "Bond Oldham (Let your property through the Council)".

The council's Let your property through the Council page offers a professional and personalised service with a bond and an incentive for letting through the council; no leasing or guaranteed rent is described. Contact Housing.strategyprs@oldham.gov.uk, 0161 770 6583.

SchemeBond Oldham (Let your property through the Council)Typelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentivesAvailable Bond for letting through us; Available incentive for letting through us (amounts not stated); assistance with Universal Credit and Housing Benefit for the duration of the tenancy; choice of well vetted tenantsWhat they wantProperties with a current gas safety certificate, EPC minimum E, electrical certificate, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and insuranceCouncil pagewww.oldham.gov.uk/info/201198/information_for_landlords/259/landlord_dChecked2026-09-28
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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: Oldham council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.