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Housing Improvement Grants
Allerdale Borough Council offer a series of grants which are available for vulnerable people who need to make improvements or adaptations in their homes. There are several types of grants available for people with disabilities.
Disabled Facilities Grant
Disabled residents in Allerdale can apply for up to £30,000 to adapt their homes to help them to maintain an independant lifestyle. This grant is available for homeowners or tenants living in either private or housing association properties.
The grant can cover works such as:
- Improving access to rooms and facilities – for example: stairlifts, level access showers and door widening
- Adapting heating or lighting controls to make them easier to use
- Providing a heating system that suits your needs
- Improving the entrances to your home and access to your garden
- A top up grant is also available should essential works exceed the £30,000 limit.
You can apply for a disabled facility adaption grant by contacting our Housing Services team by email to housing.services@allerdale.gov.uk or Tel: 01900 702570.
Discretionary Disability Grant Assistance
Discretionary Disability Grant Assistance is available to cover disabled adaptations that fall outside of the mandatory Disabled Facilities Grant criteria. This includes adaptations for dual residency children and adult cases, works to enable hospital discharge and adaptations for financial hardship cases. Grants can be provided for applications for straight and curved stairlifts without means testing applications.
You can apply for a diabled facility grant assistance by contacting our Housing Services team by email to housing.services@allerdale.gov.uk or Tel: 01900 702570.
Disability Relocation Grant
Up to £3,000 is available to disabled residents who require changes to their existing home, but it is deemed as not reasonable or practical to adapt. The funding will cover some of the costs needed to relocate to more suitable housing. The grant will contribute towards reasonable costs associated with moving home, including removal costs, estate agents fees, legal costs or the disconnection and reconnection of household appliances.
These grants are means tested and subject to a referral from an occupational therapist who will undertake an assessment of need and determine what works are essential to enable the occupier to live independently and safely in their home.
You can apply for a diabled facility adaption grant by contacting our Housing Services team by email to housing.services@allerdale.gov.uk or Tel: 01900 702570.
Safe and Warm Grants
The Safe and Warm Grant Assistance has been introduced to carry out essential works in the homes of vulnerable owner occupied households Residents can apply for up to £15,000 to contribute towards the works including improvements to security, heating installations and general disrepair, as well as measures to reduce the consequences of flooding. These grants are means tested and applicants must meet the necessary criteria.
Safe and warm grant application form
Summary of the grants available
|
Assistance |
Target Group |
Maximum Grant |
Type of Grant |
Eligibility Criteria |
Means Tested? |
|
Disabled Facilities Grant |
People with disabilities |
£30,000 |
Grant |
|
Yes, excluding children |
|
Disabled Facilities Top Up Grant |
People with disabilities |
£10,000 |
Discretionary Grant |
|
N/A |
|
Disabled Relocation Grant |
People with disabilities |
£3,000 |
Discretionary Grant |
|
No |
|
Discretionary Disability Grant Assistance |
People with disabilities |
£30,000 |
Grant assistance |
|
No Yes Yes No
|
|
Safe and Warm Grant Assistance |
Homeowners |
£15,000 |
Grant assistance |
|
Yes |
Apply for a grant
You can apply for a diabled facility adaption grant by contacting our Housing Services team by email to housing.services@allerdale.gov.uk or Tel: 01900 702570.