If you or someone living in your property is disabled, you may qualify for a grant towards the cost of providing adaptations and facilities to enable the disabled person to continue to live there or improve their independence. In order to target the funding to those who need the most help, grants are means tested. The types of works covered by the grant are:
- Grab rails and handrails
- Stair lifts or vertical lifts
- Bathing equipment to access the bath
- Replacement of bath with a shower Ramps
- Parking provision
- Alterations to heating and lighting systems
- Other necessary alterations
Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)
Mandatory Disabled Facilities Grants are available to assist with the cost of carrying out adaptations to meet the needs of a disabled occupant.
Discretionary Disabled Facilities Grants
The council will consider Discretionary Disabled Facilities as an exception to policy. It will be a prerequisite of any grant offer that an application has been made and refused for top up finance from Social Services Authority.
Eligible works might include:
- Sterile facilities for dialysis
- Wheelchair storage
- Bedroom sufficient size for use by the disabled person’s partner
- Provision of a safe play area for a child
- Adapting a room for use as an office
- Access to the garden
- Exercise facilities
The maximum limit for Discretionary Disabled Facilities Grants is £10,000.
For more information visit disabled facilities grants (this link opens in a new window) on the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) website.
This document explains how the process of applying for a disabled facility grant works for those who own their own or rent their property.
Our Home Improvement Agency, Care and Repair, may also be able to help you through this process. For more details of this service available to people with disabilities and older people visit the Care and Repair pages.
Private Sector Housing Team
Guildford Borough Council
Millmead House
Millmead
Guildford
GU2 4BB
Tel: 01483 444302
Fax: 01483 444844
Email: privatesectorhousing@guildford.gov.uk