Helping to provide a safe and secure home

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Camden Council’s landlord appeal is helping to provide homes for people experiencing homelessness.

Landlords in Camden and neighbouring boroughs are particularly being urged to come forward if they have studio flats or one or two bed properties on the ground or first floor, or a property with a lift.

Landlords will be offered cash incentives and extensive support for them and their tenants in exchange for letting to residents who we are helping to avoid homelessness or who are ready to move on from homelessness services and live independently. 

Private landlord, Phil Jones has a property close to Great Ormond Street. It was the perfect location for a young mother and her two-year-old son who has a cardiac condition and needs major operations over the next two years.

“My tenant was previously homeless and then lived in very poor housing. Her evident joy at being told she could move in was quite something,” said Phil.

Knowing that our former home is now housing someone who really needs it, is a good feeling, added Phil. Prior to the pandemic, Phil rented to private tenants via a letting agency which also managed the tenancy.

“After my tenants broke their agreement, I saw Camden’s advert for landlords and thought it would be a good opportunity to start afresh. Working with Camden Lettings has been a reassuring experience. As well as being very responsive, everyone has been friendly and supportive”.

If you’re a private landlord and would like to join our fight against homelessness, please get in touch. Letting your property with us will help create an opportunity for someone to leave homelessness behind for good.

In exchange, the Council is offering landlords a cash incentive of up to £2,000 to let a one bed property and up to £4,500 for a two-bed property as well as an extensive package of support that includes: 

• Support from our Move on Team and Floating Support Service – Dedicated services that are ready to assist residents as they move on from homelessness. The teams provide tenants with guidance on finances, credit checks, utilities and managing housing benefit and other claims.
• Pre-tenancy training from the Piece-by-Piece Programme or Good Tenant Session – these services help residents to prepare for their tenancy by ensuring that they understand, and know how to meet, their tenancy and financial responsibilities.
• Advisers that will remain available throughout the lifetime of the tenancy. 

What we need:

Studio flats or one or two bed properties including ground floor or a property in a block with access to a lift at Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates.

What we offer:

• A generous cash incentive
• Rent guarantee insurance
• Extensive support and advice to landlords and tenants throughout the life of the tenancy
• Reliable, long-term tenants for at least 12 months
• A free London Landlord Accreditation Scheme (LLAS) voucher worth £100

Interested in letting your property?

Get in touch with our Camden Lettings team on 020 7974 4158 or at camdenlettings@camden.gov.uk

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