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Let your house to Wandsworth council

What Wandsworth 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. Wandsworth runs "Private Sector Leasing, Private Rented Sector Service and Private Letting Agreement".

The council can let and manage your property, guaranteeing your monthly rent and taking care of inspections and general repairs, on a three-and-a-half year lease; alternatives are a Private Rented Sector Service at LHA rates where you keep day-to-day management, or a two to three year Private Letting Agreement with guaranteed rent. Contact 020 8871 7333 or privatesectorprocurement@wandsworth.gov.uk.

SchemePrivate Sector Leasing, Private Rented Sector Service and Private Letting AgreementTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermPSL: three-and-a-half years; Private Letting Agreement: two or three years; empty property grant: five-year leaseRentPSL and Private Letting Agreement: guaranteed rent; PRS Service: rent in line with Local Housing Allowance ratesIncentivesGuaranteed monthly rent, council handles inspections and general repairs under PSL; rent advances and tenant incentives under the PRS service; empty property grants of up to £25,000 for one, two and three-bed properties with a five-year lease. A council landlords forum document lists £2,000 (1 bed), £2,500 (2 bed) and £3,000 (3 bed) incentives plus 6 weeks rent in advanceWhat they wantProperties with gas safety and EPC certificatesCouncil pagewww.wandsworth.gov.uk/housing/private-housing/private-housing-landlordChecked2026-09-28

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