- Apply
- Adult learning courses
- Allotments
- Bus pass
- Carer's assessment
- Council housing services
- Council tax and business rates
- Disabled parking bay
- Free school meals
- HMO licence
- HomeChoice Bristol
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- Jobs at the Council
- Library membership
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- Planning and building control applications
- Register for My Account
- Rubbish and recycling services
- School places
- Social services assistance
- Pay
- Report
- Abandoned property
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- Concerned about a child
- Domestic violence
- Flyposting and graffiti
- Freedom of information
- Harassment and hate crime
- Housing repairs
- Litter and street sweeping
- Missed bin collections
- Planning and building control reports
- Problems in my area
- Problems with roads, pavements and drains
- Taxi complaints
- My Account
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We are committed to providing private landlords and agents with quality information to help then to operate successful businesses now and into the future.
Our aim is to improve conditions in the private sector and to prevent homelessness, it is therefore essential that we support and encourage responsible renting.
In partnership with the other three local authorities in the West of England area, we've put together a website full of resources for landlords. You can browse our online landlord manual, take the landlord proficiency test and access many other resources.
Information for landlords about benefits
Our Benefits pages will answer many of your questions about being a landlord and having tenants who claim benefits.
Pages in the section
- Accreditation Scheme
- Energy performance certificates for landlords
- Fire safety for landlords
- Help with renting out your property
- Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licensing
- Landlord news
- Private Housing Policy Statement
- Report a licensable House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
- Tenancy deposit protection
Contact information
Private Housing Team
Box 595 (LIPS), PHAS
Bristol, BS99 2AW
- Email: private.housing@bristol.gov.uk
- Work: 0117 353 3871 or 0117 903 8704
- Text phone: 0117 377 2533
Related documents
- Swine Flu Information (pdf, 22 KB)
- All Environmental Health Charges (pdf, 43 KB)
- Housing Act 2004 and West of England local authorities: a common approach (pdf, 44 KB)
- Tenancy Deposit Protection (pdf, 368 KB)
- Letting your home (pdf, 178 KB)
- A guide to student accommodation (pdf, 2.9 MB)
- Repairs and responsibilities (pdf, 428 KB)
- A guide to Assured Shorthold Tenancies (pdf, 0.6 MB)
- Private Housing Enforcement Policy (pdf, 275 KB)

