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Let your house to Thurrock council

What Thurrock 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. Thurrock runs "Private Landlord Discretionary Scheme (PLDS)".

The scheme offers landlords a choice of two packages for taking tenants that the council nominates and vets. Landlords express interest through the council's 'request a service' form.

SchemePrivate Landlord Discretionary Scheme (PLDS)Typelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeTermassured shorthold tenancies of 12 months or 24 monthsIncentivesOption 1: a deposit payment equivalent to one month's rent, an advance rent payment equivalent to one month's rent, free UK Landlord Accreditation Partnership membership. Option 2: a deposit payment equivalent to one month's rent, a bond agreement equal to one month's rent to cover damage, reimbursement of gas and electrical certificate costs, free accreditation membership. Both include a health and safety inspection and tenant finding. The search snippet of the same page also mentions a £399 contribution towards a rent guarantee insurance policy.What they wantProperties from private landlords and managing agents within Thurrock and surrounding areas; must have proof of ownership, EPC, gas safety and electrical safety certificates.Council pagewww.thurrock.gov.uk/private-landlords/private-landlord-discretionary-sChecked2026-09-28
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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: Thurrock council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.