A council which charged incorrect rents on all its properties over a number of years has said it will look at 70 cases in which tenants were evicted solely or partly for arrears after being charged the wrong amount.

Mid Devon District Council announced in December that it incorrectly applied part of the historic formula used to calculate tenant’s rents. This led to rents on all of the landlord’s 3,000 properties being incorrect, with around 1,200 being overcharged.