ANOTHER council seeks landlords to help house families

ANOTHER council seeks landlords to help house families

0:02 AM, 17th July 2024, About 36 minutes ago

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Epsom and Ewell Borough Council is calling on landlords to join its Private Sector Leasing Scheme, offering a secure and hassle-free way to rent properties while assisting local families in need.

The council’s scheme allows them to directly lease and manage properties for three to five years, guaranteeing rent payments to landlords with six months paid upfront.

It adds that landlords benefit from eliminated costs like inventories, inspections, letting agent fees and tenancy deposit registrations.

The council also promises a single point of contact for landlords, and it will also handle the Right to Rent checks and is offering to carry out repairs worth up to £500 every year.

It wants landlords with three-, four- and five-bedroom houses to get in touch.

There’s also a promise that the council will ‘ensure the property is returned to landlords in the same condition as when the agreement started’.

Housing crisis that is affecting cities and towns

The council’s chair of the community and wellbeing committee, Councillor Clive Woodbridge, said: “We are all aware of the housing crisis that is affecting cities and towns across the country, and Epsom and Ewell is no different.

“It is a priority for the council that we can provide good quality temporary housing for families in the local area.”

He added: “If landlords sign up to our Private Sector Leasing Scheme, it enables us to house local families within the community and minimises the disruption to their home life, work and school at what can be an already stressful time.

“The scheme is also good value for landlords and is relatively low risk when compared with letting the property on the open market.”

Epsom and Ewell Private Sector Leasing Scheme

The council also quotes local landlord Lee Wiffen who said: “I cannot praise the Epsom and Ewell Private Sector Leasing Scheme enough.

“In my six years letting my property through the scheme, the professionalism of the team in the housing department is first class.”

He adds: “The security of having great tenants and regular on-time rent payments, means I would not look any further, as a landlord, when looking to rent a property than the Epsom and Ewell Private Sector Leasing Scheme.”


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