Let your house to Woking council

Q: Does Woking council work with private landlords?

Yes. Woking runs "Let's Rent (Core, Connect and Complete)" (a mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentives). Term: Let's Rent Complete: lease between 2 to 5 years. Rent: Local Housing Allowance for the property size, paid annually and in advance from 1 April every year, less 10% retained for maintenance, repairs and void periods. Source: the council's own page, checked 2026-09-28.

What Woking 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. Woking runs "Let's Rent (Core, Connect and Complete)".

Under Let's Rent Complete 'The property and tenancy will be fully managed by us' and the council deducts 10% from the rent 'to pay for maintenance, repairs and void periods for the duration of the lease'. Apply through the Private Sector Housing team's online form.

SchemeLet's Rent (Core, Connect and Complete)Typea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermLet's Rent Complete: lease between 2 to 5 yearsRentLocal Housing Allowance for the property size, paid annually and in advance from 1 April every year, less 10% retained for maintenance, repairs and void periodsIncentivesLet's Rent Complete: fully managed at no cost, rent paid in one annual payment in advance, most repairs, annual gas and electrical inspections, property returned empty in the same condition less fair wear and tear. All tiers: bond guarantee (deposit) of up to £2,500. Core is tenant finding only; Connect is partly managed.What they wantProperties in the Woking borough area, unfurnished and in good condition, up to 4 bedrooms; houses with more than 4 bedrooms outside the borough considered. Must meet HHSRS and Decent Homes standards.Council pagewww.woking.gov.uk/housing/private-rented-housing/rent-private-propertyChecked2026-09-28

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