Remember this recent article in the Express &Echo?

‘Disabled tenant fears she may be evicted from home.’
A DISABLED East Devon District Council tenant fears that she and her elderly husband could face “eviction” from their home under the authority’s plans to charge its sheltered accommodation residents for its services.
Because Devon County Council has pulled half-a-million pounds of funding, East Devon’s sheltered housing tenants were informed in the autumn that they will be eligible to pay for the Home Safeguard alarm service and home visits made by Mobile Support Officers – which comes to about £10 a week.
The council has stressed that the charge will be phased in over the next three years and tenants on benefits will receive discounts and a means-tested hardship fund will be available.
The council said it would do “everything it possibly can” to assist residents to meet the new service charge, but that non-payment would be pursued through the courts.
Because the alarm service and support scheme are integral to the sheltered housing, a council spokesperson said residents who do not want both elements will be supported in finding alternative options, including accommodation.
But 71-year-old Kathy Moyle, a tenant in East Budleigh, says she is fearful about the impact of the new charge, but also that the prospect of having to move out if she does not want to pay for both the alarm and support visit elements, is akin to “eviction”.
“We’re being asked to pay for both the alarm and the warden support, and if we don’t want to pay we’ll be classified as not needing the support and could be evicted,” said Kathy. “They’re refusing us the right to say no.
“It will be a case that we choose between heating and food or this – £10 a week is a lot of money. This is no more than an Old Age Pensioner bedroom tax.”

Now more details on the same topic have emerged, from a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by a member of East Devon Alliance: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/increased_charges_to_sheltered_a 

Seems EDA is beavering away on all sorts of election matters right now.  We especially recommend the video introductions on the candidates’ pages. http://www.eastdevonalliance.org.uk  ….or try them on Youtube . Type eastdevonalliance, then candidate’s name.