Housing grants

Disabled facilities grant

A disabled facilities grant helps provide disabled adaptations in your home.

Grants from £1,000 to £30,000 are available.

Grants are means tested (financial assessment) on the person with the disability and their partner (if they have one). There is no means test for a child.

Applicants receiving the following benefits are not means tested:

• Income Support
• Income-related Employment Support Allowance
• Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
• Universal Credit
• Guaranteed Pension Credit
• Housing Benefit
• Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit with assessed income less than £15,050

An occupational therapy assessment is needed to decide the adaptations required.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• be aged 18 or over (the parent or legal guardian would usually apply if it's a child with a disability)
• be either the owner of the property or a tenant (including licensees) and be able to provide an Owner's Certificate or Tenant's Certificate. This won't necessarily be the disabled person. A landlord can apply on behalf of a disabled tenant
• satisfy a means test unless the application is being made on behalf of a child

If you are a council tenant, you can't apply - further information is available on disabled adaptations for council houses.

Adaptations must be for the benefit of a person who is disabled under the law.

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Last updated 22 July 2024