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Let your house to Oxford council

What Oxford 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. Oxford runs "Oxford Rent Guarantee Scheme (Home Choice)".

The council ensures rent is paid for the term of the Guaranteed Rent Management Contract with Oxford City Council, whether or not we have received the rent from the tenant. Contact PRSprocurement@oxford.gov.uk, 01865 252501.

SchemeOxford Rent Guarantee Scheme (Home Choice)Typeguaranteed rent: paid whether the property is occupied or notTermMinimum one year, with renewal optionsRentMonthly maximums: room in shared house £650, 1 bedroom £900, 2 bedroom £1,125, 3 bedroom £1,325, 4+ bedroom £1,750IncentivesRent paid up to three months in advance; damage bond up to five weeks' rent; void cover of up to 3 weeks' rent between tenancies; no fees or administration charges; free tenancy and management agreementsWhat they wantProperties of all sizes within the Oxford Broad Rental Market Area, let to tenants receiving Universal CreditCouncil pagewww.oxford.gov.uk/landlords-agents/rent-guarantee-service-landlordsChecked2026-09-28

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