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Let your house to West Devon council

What West 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. West Devon runs "SeaMoor Lettings".

'SeaMoor Lettings is a scheme run by West Devon Borough Council offering landlords a full property management service' (shared with South Hams). Tenant selection, referencing and tenancy agreements are handled by the council under a sole agency agreement. Contact Seamoor.Lettings@swdevon.gov.uk.

SchemeSeaMoor LettingsTypemanagement scheme: the council lets and manages it for youIncentives'A rent and damage deposit guarantee to the value of two months' rent', 'A 50% guarantee of the rent when the property is empty (maximum two months)', the council arranges and pays for gas, electric and EPC certificates, access to affordable finance for improvements, quarterly inspections, rent account management; 'a competitive fee of just 6% per month plus VAT'.What they wantFAQ page covers what properties they are looking for; earlier council text says good quality unfurnished properties.Council pagewww.westdevon.gov.uk/landlords-and-seamoor-lettings/seamoor-lettingsChecked2026-09-28
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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: West Devon council, read 2026-09-28. Schemes open and close with demand; confirm with the council before relying on any figure.