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Let your house to West Berkshire council

What West Berkshire 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. West Berkshire runs "Landlords: support from the council (landlord incentive payment)".

'The council can match people that need a home with your property.' Contact housing@westberks.gov.uk or 01635 519 530 option 2. Site returned 403 to the fetch tool and was read via the browser.

SchemeLandlords: support from the council (landlord incentive payment)Typelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeRentLocal Housing Allowance (LHA) rate that the household is entitled toIncentives'a non-refundable lump sum landlord incentive payment, equivalent to one month's Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate', the first month's rent in advance, a deposit guarantee equivalent to one month's rent, a free tenant finding service, an inventory report, a free EPC if required, choice of tenant and accompanied viewings, a single point of contact.Council pagewww.westberks.gov.uk/article/43058/Landlords-support-from-the-councilChecked2026-09-28
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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: West Berkshire council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.