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Let your house to Runnymede council

What Runnymede 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. Runnymede runs "Magna Carta Lettings".

The council offers a fully managed tenancy service, managing the property and tenancy on the landlord's behalf, alongside a tenant-find option. Register interest at runnymede.gov.uk/xfp/form/158 or via the housing solutions team.

SchemeMagna Carta LettingsTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesIncentivesWe may even pay you an incentive of up to £3,000; completely free with no commission charges; free independent inventory report; accompanied viewings and tenancy paperwork; both services include unique incentives which make your net rent income comparable with letting agents' offersWhat they wantWe have a very high demand for properties, particularly two bedroom propertiesCouncil pagewww.runnymede.gov.uk/homeowners-private-tenants-landlords/landlord-proChecked2026-09-28
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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: Runnymede council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.