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Let your house to Richmond upon Thames council

What Richmond upon Thames 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. Richmond upon Thames runs "Let your property through us: Private Sector Leasing, Private Rented Sector Service, Private Letting Agreement and empty property grants".

Under PSL we can let and manage your property, guaranteeing your monthly rent and taking care of inspections and general repairs or maintenance; under a Private Letting Agreement you get guaranteed rent while you provide the day-to-day management. Page updated 15 June 2026. Contact 0208 871 7333 or PrivateSectorProcurement@richmond.gov.uk.

SchemeLet your property through us: Private Sector Leasing, Private Rented Sector Service, Private Letting Agreement and empty property grantsTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermPrivate Sector Leasing: your lease with the Council will last three-and-a-half years; Private Letting Agreement: two or three years; empty property grants: five-year leaseRentPSL and Private Letting Agreement: guaranteed monthly rent; PRS Service: rent based on the Local Housing AllowanceIncentivesguaranteed rent; a free professional service; NRLA landlord accreditation free of charge; funded guaranteed rent insurance; PRS Service: rent in advance and incentives are also payable; empty property grants of up to £25,000 for one, two and three-bed properties against a five-year leaseWhat they wantlandlords who own properties in Richmond, able to provide standard paperwork such as a gas certificate and EPCCouncil pagewww.richmond.gov.uk/landlord_lettingsChecked2026-09-28

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