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Let your house to West Northamptonshire council

What West Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire runs "Landlord Incentive Scheme and Lease a property to us".

'We currently offer landlords the opportunity to lease a property to us for a fixed term period'; a search snippet of the council site gives the lease term as three to seven years but the page read does not state it. Both schemes use landlord.incentive@westnorthants.gov.uk.

SchemeLandlord Incentive Scheme and Lease a property to usTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTerm12-month fixed-term tenancy (incentive scheme); fixed term lease (leasing offer)Rentan affordable rent (incentive scheme); guaranteed rent paid throughout the lease regardless of occupancy (leasing)IncentivesOne-off incentive by size: studio or HMO room £925, one-bed £1,750, two-bed £2,170, three-bed £3,500, four-bed and larger £3,920, plus the deposit and the first month's rent in advance and a free health and safety inspection. Leasing offer: guaranteed rent, no letting agent fees, no council tax during the lease, minor repairs and basic maintenance by the council, property returned in original condition.What they want'Fit and proper' landlords; properties free from serious hazards with gas safety, EPC rated E or better and electrical inspection; the council chooses tenants in line with its housing priorities under the lease.Council pagewww.westnorthants.gov.uk/homelessness/landlord-incentive-schemeChecked2026-09-28

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