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Let your house to Tewkesbury council

What Tewkesbury 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. Tewkesbury runs "Private Lettings Scheme".

Aims to 'increase the number of affordable, sustained private tenancies'; the landlord keeps the tenancy, the council pays the deposit and can fund rent in advance. No guaranteed rent or lease. Contact housingadvice@tewkesbury.gov.uk or 01684 295010.

SchemePrivate Lettings SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentives'FREE scheme for letting agents / landlords / applicants'; 'Deposit paid in full'; 'Rent in advance funding options available (terms and conditions apply)'; '£100 agent finder's fee per successful sign up (valid for 6 months)'; accompanied viewings and property inspectionsWhat they wantEmpty property or 'property in need of uplift or renovation', prospective landlords and letting agents willing to let to tenants 'with low incomes or minimal search criteria'Council pagetewkesbury.gov.uk/services/housing/renting-from-a-private-landlord/priChecked2026-09-28
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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.

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