This web based system helps local authorities improve the supply of private landlords willing to house tenants.

The Private Landlords Manager module offers a professional tenant-finding service for landlords. It can also be used to provide free advertising for landlords and promote their properties on-line.

Accredited private landlords with properties available to rent advertise those properties on the “Letstart” website. Applicants who are at risk of homelessness and registered for housing in the area can search the site for accommodation that meets their requirements.
 
The Council can carry out accreditation checks to provide a form of reference to landlords and also often provide tenants deposit assistance through a deposit guarantee or loan, depending on the applicant’s circumstances.

Landlords need to provide good quality properties that meet the Government's Decent Homes standard and be willing to accept referred applicants who may be in receipt of the Local Housing Allowance.