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Let your house to Redbridge council

What Redbridge 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. Redbridge runs "Rent your property to us: Private Sector Leasing and Private Rented Sector".

Under Private Sector Leasing your property will be rented through an approved lettings agent for three to five years, and the letting agent will manage and check the property every three months. PSL enquiries to private.lettings@redbridge.gov.uk or 020 8708 4474; PRS enquiries to prs@redbridge.gov.uk.

SchemeRent your property to us: Private Sector Leasing and Private Rented SectorTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermPrivate Sector Leasing: three to five years; Private Rented Sector: at least 12 monthsRentregular rent payments; PRS: request for the Local Housing Allowance rate entitlement to be paid directly to youIncentivesPRS: one month's rent and deposit paid in advance or a cash incentive; no fees or commission; support and advice to manage the tenancy; inspections to make sure the property keeps meeting standardsWhat they wantproperties of all sizes, which do not need to be in Redbridge, with proof of ownership, licensing certificate if needed, EPC, gas, electrical and fire risk assessmentCouncil pagewww.redbridge.gov.uk/housing/landlords/rent-your-property-to-us/Checked2026-09-28

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