Letting agents

You may choose to rent your properties via a letting agent who find tenants, collect rent or both. Some letting agencies provide a fully managed service, which includes dealing directly with tenants and arranging for repairs and maintenance.

Letting agents must join an approved redress scheme:

  • The Property Ombudsmen Limited
  • Ombudsman Services
  • Property Redress Scheme

If a letting agent does not join a redress scheme, they could get a fixed penalty served on them.

For further information about renting out a property via letting agents, visit the Shelter website.

Landlord Incentive Scheme

You may wish to consider working with Stockport Homes who offer a Landlord Incentive Scheme to private sector landlords who can provide assured shorthold tenancies to people threatened with homelessness.

Benefits include:

  • 2 month landlord incentive payment
  • deposit covered
  • first month's rent covered
  • 12 month Local Housing Allowance shortfall payment
  • 3 month landlord rent guarantee
  • tenancy support

To find out more you can: