A council has already seen three landlords sign up to its new service for helping families into accommodation. Ashford Borough Council's ABC Lettings has been designed to help landlords offer properties for rent to households identified as being on local housing allowance levels.The council currently has 1,568 families on its housing register. Through ABC lettings, the council conducts the background checks and then brokers tenancy agreements.The council then pays the landlord a guaranteed rent ea...
