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Let your house to West Suffolk council

What West Suffolk 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 Suffolk runs "West Suffolk Lettings Partnership: Guaranteed Rent Scheme and Security Bond".

Two products for landlords letting to council-referred tenants; the landlord remains the landlord. Contact landlords@westsuffolk.gov.uk or 01284 757637.

SchemeWest Suffolk Lettings Partnership: Guaranteed Rent Scheme and Security BondTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesIncentivesGuaranteed Rent Scheme 'is an agreement between the council, landlord and the tenant' with a Security Bond for up to six weeks' rent; free property visits, no fees, free set up service, a pet incentive of £250 towards an end of tenancy clean, a dedicated landlord liaison team. Security Bond alone: a written agreement for up to six weeks' rent with no obligation to register a deposit.What they wantEPC, gas certificate where applicable, electrical safety certificate; landlord fulfils repair duties.Council pagewww.westsuffolk.gov.uk/housing/privatehousing/wslp.cfmChecked2026-09-28
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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 Suffolk council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.