Let your house to Worthing council

Q: Does Worthing council work with private landlords?

Yes. Worthing runs "Opening Doors Letting Agency" (a mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentives). Term: fixed terms of either 6 or 12 months, then rolling monthly; guaranteed rent for up to two years. Rent: rent agreed on an individual basis, with landlords asked to provide properties at below market rent. Source: the council's own page, checked 2026-09-28.

What Worthing 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. Worthing runs "Opening Doors Letting Agency".

'a free local residential letting service' run by Adur and Worthing Councils that finds tenants, collects rent and handles paperwork. Contact 01903 221110 or openingdoors@adur-worthing.gov.uk.

SchemeOpening Doors Letting AgencyTypea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesTermfixed terms of either 6 or 12 months, then rolling monthly; guaranteed rent for up to two yearsRentrent agreed on an individual basis, with landlords asked to provide properties at below market rentIncentives'guaranteed rent paid monthly for up to two years' with no fees or commission, a deposit bond equivalent to six weeks' rent for property damage, legal assistance and court costs paid by the council, access to grant assistance for repairs, full tenancy placement and sign up service, rent paid monthly in advance on the Friday before the due date.What they wantAll property types, prioritising self-contained studios, one bed and two bed properties in Adur and Worthing and bordering districts.Council pagewww.adur-worthing.gov.uk/opening-doors/Checked2026-09-28

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