The Council no longer owns its own housing stock but is able to nominate people with high housing needs for tenancies in various Housing Associations, like Tor Homes.
Unfortunately the need for housing is much greater than the supply of houses available. There are nearly 2,000 households on the Council’s waiting list but usually fewer than 200 properties become available each year.
Because of this we have to decide who has the greatest housing need so that we can make sure they are housed first.
We keep a housing register of everyone who has applied for housing and to help us decide who has the greatest need we operate a points system. Points are based on a number of considerations such as:
- Unsatisfactory, temporary, or insecure present accommodation
- Medical welfare
- Hardship
- Length of time on the Housing Register
- Local connection
Full details of how the points system operate can be found in the 
Council's Housing Allocation Policy.
Anyone over 16 can apply to be put on the Housing Register. If you would like to be considered for housing please print off and complete the Housing Application Form and, if it applies to you, the Housing Medical Questionnaire, and return them to:
Housing Advice
South Hams District Council
Follaton House
Plymouth Road
TOTNES
Devon
TQ9 5NE
If you need help in completing the forms please telephone (01803) 861234 and ask for the Housing Advice team, or email customer.services@southhams.gov.uk.
Once you have applied, you should tell us about any changes in your circumstances that may affect your application. In any event we will write to you once a year to make sure that the details we hold are accurate.
