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Let your house to South Oxfordshire council

What South Oxfordshire 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. South Oxfordshire runs "White Horse Lettings".

A non-profit service run by South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse councils since 2007 that matches vetted low-income households with private landlords; the landlord keeps the tenancy and the rent, the councils supply a bond and rent in advance. Contact whitehorselettings@southandvale.gov.uk, 01235 422435.

SchemeWhite Horse LettingsTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentivesFree of charge, 'you, the landlord, retain 100 per cent of the rental income'; deposit guarantee bond; first month's rent paid in advance; tenancy agreements, property inspections throughout the tenancy and tenancy sustainment supportCouncil pagewww.southoxon.gov.uk/south-oxfordshire-district-council/housing/informChecked2026-09-28
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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: South Oxfordshire council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.