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Let your house to East Devon council

What East Devon offers private landlords who want the council as their tenant or their letting agent, in the council's own words, with the page to apply on.

Yes. East Devon runs "Rent Deposit Scheme".

The bond starts on the tenancy start date and ends on the last day of the tenancy; landlords claim with an application form and evidence. Private Sector Liaison Officers Tina James 01395 571562 and Stephanie Phillips-Clark 01395 571555, rentdepositscheme@eastdevon.gov.uk.

SchemeRent Deposit SchemeTypelandlord incentives: cash, deposit guarantee or rent in advance to house a council nomineeIncentivesA Deposit Bond, a written agreement guaranteeing funds up to the value stated on the Deposit Bond agreement in place of cash, or a cash deposit if the landlord or agent prefers; a rent in advance loan for the tenant's first month's rent. Bond claims are processed within a maximum of three weeks.Council pageeastdevon.gov.uk/housing-and-homelessness/homelessness/private-rented-Checked2026-09-28
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How these schemes work

Councils have a duty to house people they accept as homeless and a shortage of their own stock, so many lease or manage private landlords' houses instead. The common shapes are a lease of three to five years where the council becomes your tenant and pays rent whether the house is occupied or not, a management arrangement where the council lets and looks after it for you, or a one-off incentive (a cash payment, a deposit guarantee, rent in advance) for taking a council-nominated tenant on a normal tenancy. Terms, rent levels and what they want vary by council and change with demand, so treat every page here as a pointer to the council's own page, not a quote.

Before you sign

Check the same things you would for any let: whether the address is inside an HMO Article 4 area if the council plans to house more than one household, which licensing applies, and what the LHA rate is, since many schemes pay at or just under it. The free HMO Article 4 checker tests any postcode; Kerbio shows all three on the Rightmove listing before you buy.

See this on every Rightmove listing.Kerbio puts the Article 4 answer, licensing, the council's HMO register and sold prices on the Rightmove, Zoopla or OnTheMarket page itself. Free for 7 days, then £39 a month.
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Source: East Devon council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.