LeaseIQ
Intelligent Lease Matching for the new landlord model.
Lease your property to a corporate counterparty. Multi-year guaranteed income, outside the residential tenancy regime.
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 came into force on 1 May 2026. Section 21 is gone. Assured shorthold tenancies have been abolished and replaced by assured periodic tenancies: open-ended, with the tenant able to leave on two months' notice, and the landlord limited to statutory Section 8 grounds for possession. Industry analysts anticipate possession timescales of 9 to 18 months on most grounds.
For most landlords, the residential model has structurally changed. The corporate lease structure used in supported living and similar segments sits outside this framework. You hold a commercial lease, not a residential tenancy. The counterparty places the occupant. Your relationship is with them.
"A residential lease puts a corporate counterparty between you and the tenant. They take the relationship, the responsibilities, and the regulatory exposure. You take the income."
Net Income
Same property. Materially more net.
On a standard buy-to-let, gross rent looks healthy on paper. Once you account for letting agent fees (typically 12 to 18%), voids and arrears (6 to 8%), maintenance with agency mark-up (10 to 15%), and insurance (2 to 4%), net deductions on an assured tenancy commonly run to 30 to 35% of gross rent.
On an Internal Repairing Lease, the corporate counterparty takes most of that cost base. Net deductions for the landlord typically sit around 8 to 10% before LeaseIQ commission.
On £10,000 of gross annual rent, a residential tenancy might return around £6,700 net. The same property on a lease typically returns £7,800 to £8,500 net, depending on whether you choose self-managed (5% commission) or fully-managed (10% commission). That is a meaningful uplift before any rent uplift the property type itself supports.
Simplicity
The lessee runs the property. You run the asset.
Once the lease is signed, the corporate counterparty handles the tenant relationship, voids, arrears, compliance, and most maintenance. On a typical Internal Repairing Lease, the landlord retains responsibility for the building's structure and major systems.
The legal basis is settled. Section 1(1)(a) of the Housing Act 1988 requires that the tenant under an assured tenancy must be an individual. A tenancy granted to a corporate body, a limited company, charity, CIC, housing association, local authority, or government department, cannot be an assured tenancy. The Renters' Rights Act 2025 reforms the assured tenancy regime. The lease relationship between landlord and corporate lessee means the landlord sits outside it.
You are not in the Section 8 grounds. You are not in the four-month notice regime. You are not in the court queue.
Multi-year leases of 3+ years are standard. Many include rent uplift mechanisms tied to inflation or fixed annual steps.
Impact
Income with purpose.
Most residential lease counterparties operate in supported living, emergency accommodation, care leaver provision, and asylum dispersal. They house people facing homelessness, managing mental health challenges, leaving care, or living with autism, learning disabilities, or other additional needs.
For the right landlord, this is part of the case for the model. Stability, dignity, and security for someone who genuinely needs it, alongside an income that compares favourably to a standard let.
Who leases residential property
Lease-model housing is a multi-segment market. LeaseIQ focuses initially on supported living and emergency accommodation, where our network is deepest. The engine serves any residential lease counterparty.
Supported Living
Long-term homes for adults with additional needs. Leased to registered providers, charities, and CICs.
Emergency Accommodation
Temporary housing commissioned by local authorities. Leased to councils or accredited PSL operators.
16+ Care Leaver Provision
Semi-independent housing for young people leaving care.
Asylum Dispersal
Family and shared accommodation commissioned by the Home Office through the AASC prime contractors.
Student Lease Operators
Corporate leases to student housing companies operating in university cities.
Serviced Accommodation
Corporate leases to short-stay and corporate-let operators.
How LeaseIQ helps
We identify, qualify, and match counterparties to your property. Four steps.
1. Submit your property
Address, type, spec. 5 to 10 minutes.
2. We qualify the market
Counterparties scored against your property using primary-source data: RSH, CQC, Companies House, council frameworks, direct outreach.
3. We approach a curated shortlist
Structured introductions. Heads of terms invited. Every shortlist passes a human review gate.
4. You see a comparison pack
Lease terms, covenant grade, the trade-offs. You decide who to take forward.