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East Devon District Council owns and manages just under 4,300 council homes, 700 garages, 176 leaseholder properties and the surrounding estates. We aim to improve the availability and quality of housing for those most in need.

To find out more about the Housing and Social Inclusion Service click here.

If you are a tenant or a landlord in the private sector and would like more information or advice, you can visit our Private Sector Housing pages by clicking here.

What's New?

The new Tenant Handbook was sent to all tenants in April together with the Spring edition of the Housing Standard newsletter.

PDF file To see a copy of the Tenant Handbook please click here (378KB - PDF Help)

PDF file To see a copy of the Housing Standard Spring 2009 newsletter please click here (641KB - PDF Help)

Estate Walkabouts in May 2009

Our Estate Management team are organising some 'estate walkabouts' across East Devon during May 2009.  The dates and locations are listed below:

Monday 11 May - Sidmouth at Manstone Avenue and Tully Gardens

Tuesday 12 May - Exmouth at Pound Lane, Brimpenny Road and Broad Park Road

Wednesday 20 May - Woodbury at Park Close

Wednesday 27 May - Whitford at Shalford Terrace

For further details please contact Estate Management on 01395 516551 or email estatemanagement@eastdevon.gov.uk

Drop in and see us - Wednesday 10 June 2009

Do you have questions about housing issues, concerns about your neighbourhood or queries about benefits?  Our Tenant Participation Team is organising a series of informal drop in sessions.  The next session will be held on:

Wednesday 10 June 2009 in the Seaton Fire Station, 142 Harepath Road, Seaton from 3pm to 6pm

For further details please contact our Tenant Participation team on 01395 516551 ext 2236 or email tenantparticipation@eastdevon.gov.uk

Mutual Exchange Register

A new Internal Mutual Exchange Register for East Devon tenants is now available online. The register aims to help tenants who would like to swap their homes with another tenant in the district.

To view the register, click here.

For more information about mutual exchange and how to add your home to the new register, click here.

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If you need any information in a different format or language please contact us.