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Let your house to Tunbridge Wells council

What Tunbridge Wells 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. Tunbridge Wells runs "Tunbridge Wells Landlord Incentive Scheme".

'Our Landlord Incentive Scheme will provide a cash payment in exchange for the offer of a property for a homeless household we are supporting.' Cash amount not stated on the page. Contact Prso@tunbridgewells.gov.uk. The site sits behind a Cloudflare challenge and was read via the browser.

SchemeTunbridge Wells Landlord Incentive SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeRenta rental figure to be agreedIncentivesCash incentive for the landlord; rent in advance; cash deposits for 5 weeks' rent or a council-backed deposit bond worth up to 8 weeks' rent; tenants ready to move in with no advertising or letting fees; help setting up the tenancy; ongoing support from private rental officers.What they wantProperty in good condition meeting current standards, passing all health and safety and legislative requirements (gas safety certificate, EPC and so on); a Private Rented Sector Officer visits to check suitability.Council pagetunbridgewells.gov.uk/housing/tunbridge-wells-landlord-incentive-schemChecked2026-09-28
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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: Tunbridge Wells council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.