Bedford Borough Council
20 homes in Bedford. Registered social landlord no. 5117. On this page: how many homes they own and where, how to swap your home and how to check their reputation.
Size, areas and typical rents
Bedford Borough Council owns about 20 social homes across 1 council area (2024/25).
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Homes to swap from Bedford Borough Council tenants
No Bedford Borough Council tenants have listed a home yet. Are you one? List your home and it will appear here.
Housing Ombudsman decisions
You can search the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive for "Bedford Borough Council" to see published complaints about this landlord.
How to check Bedford Borough Council's reputation
There are no published tenant satisfaction scores for Bedford Borough Council. Landlords with fewer than 1,000 homes must still measure tenant satisfaction and share the results with their own tenants, but they don't have to send them to the regulator, so no national figures exist. With about 20 homes, Bedford Borough Council is in that group.
You can still get a good picture before you swap into one of their homes:
- Ask for their tenant satisfaction results and complaints report. Every social landlord must publish its complaints policy and a yearly report on the complaints it has handled, usually on its website or on request.
- Search the Housing Ombudsman's decisions for "Bedford Borough Council" in the decisions archive. No results is common for small landlords and usually a good sign.
- Check the regulator's judgements. The Regulator of Social Housing lists any regulatory judgements and notices it has published about a landlord.
- Ask the tenant you're swapping with. How quickly are repairs done? How easy is it to get hold of someone? Is there a tenants' group? A current tenant's answer is often the best guide.
- Look at the area too. Most of their homes are in Bedford.
Swapping with a tenant of Bedford Borough Council?
Both landlords have to approve a mutual exchange, and both have 42 days to decide. They can only refuse on the grounds set out in the Housing Act 1985. Get the application in early, keep your rent account clear, and ask for the decision in writing.