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Let your house to Wyre Forest council

What Wyre Forest 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. Wyre Forest runs "ReWyre Lettings (Social Lettings Agency)".

'ReWyre Lettings is the Social Lettings Agency established by Wyre Forest District Council', linked from the council's Landlords page (wyreforestdc.gov.uk/housing-and-homes/landlords/). It helps homeless and low income households access the private rented sector. Lease terms and bond amounts are not stated on the home page. Contact rewyrelettings@wyreforestdc.gov.uk.

SchemeReWyre Lettings (Social Lettings Agency)Typea mix of leasing, guaranteed rent and incentivesIncentivesOptions for landlords: 'Tenant Finder', 'Rent Deposit Bond', 'Assisted Lettings' and a 'Private Sector Leasing (PSL) scheme', plus advice on council grants to improve the property. For Ukrainian families specifically: £500 for a six-month AST or £1000 for a twelve-month AST, a rent bond deposit and first month's rent paid in advance.What they want1, 2 and 3 bed accommodation as well as shared accommodation.Council pagewww.rewyrelettings.co.uk/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: Wyre Forest council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.