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Let your house to Welwyn Hatfield council

What Welwyn Hatfield 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. Welwyn Hatfield runs "Rent your property through the council".

The council 'has a duty to help everyone who approaches it who is homeless or threatened with homelessness' and asks landlords to let through it. Contact PrivateSectorLiaison@welhat.gov.uk, 01707 357 623.

SchemeRent your property through the councilTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermguaranteed rent for 12 monthsIncentives'guaranteed rent for 12 months (subject to successful application to Landlord Accreditation Scheme)', direct payment of deposit, direct payment of rent in advance for the first month, help to pay other reasonable costs, ready to rent tenant training, a direct contact; 'We may also be able to take over management of your property.'What they wantLandlords or agents with property to rent in the borough.Council pagewww.welhat.gov.uk/landlords/landlord-adviceChecked2026-09-28

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