Let your house to Spelthorne council

Q: Does Spelthorne council work with private landlords?

Yes. Spelthorne runs "Spelthorne Rent Assure" (guaranteed rent). Term: up to two years. Rent: a fair market rent, paid monthly by BACS within seven days of the contractual rent date. Source: the council's own page, checked 2026-09-28.

What Spelthorne 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. Spelthorne runs "Spelthorne Rent Assure".

'Spelthorne Rent Assure (SRA) is a guarantee rent scheme for landlords who are interested in renting their local property through the Council. The Council guarantees to directly pay landlords a fair market rent for their property, for up to two years.' Contact 01784 448611 or sra@spelthorne.gov.uk. Caveat: the details come from the search engine's indexed copy of the council's Landlords information page; that URL and several alternatives returned 404 on fetch, and the current housing pages read only mention the Spelthorne Rentstart charity. Confirm the scheme is still running.

SchemeSpelthorne Rent AssureTypeguaranteed rent: paid whether the property is occupied or notTermup to two yearsRenta fair market rent, paid monthly by BACS within seven days of the contractual rent dateIncentivesOne month's rent paid in advance; a five-week repair bond; free tenancy agreements including Right to Rent checks; free professional inventory; ongoing support for landlord and tenant; a completely free serviceWhat they want'The Council currently has a high demand for two bedroom properties'Council pagewww.spelthorne.gov.uk/page/977/landlords-informationChecked2026-09-28

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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.

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