Gravesham Borough Council

Disabled Facilities Grant

Grants towards adapting a home so a disabled adult or child can continue to live there, or come to live with you. Mandatory grants of up to £30,000 are means tested (children's are not), with a fast-track route with no means test for adaptations under £12,000. Discretionary help, subject to funding, includes relocation grants and top-ups of up to £10,000 and a hospital discharge grant of up to £3,000.

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You could get: Up to £30,000; no fixed round
Deadline: Rolling; apply any time
Effort: Moderate; full application with documents

Who can apply

Gravesham residents where a disabled person (adult or child) lives in the property or will come to live there
Mandatory grants are means tested, except for children; adaptations under £12,000 can use the fast-track route without a means test
Discretionary grants depend on available funding and further conditions in the Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy

What it funds

Making it easier to get into and out of the property, e.g. widening doors and installing external ramps
Ensuring the safety of the disabled person and others, e.g. a specially adapted room or improved lighting
Providing or improving access to the bedroom, kitchen, toilet, washbasin and bath or shower, e.g. a stair lift, through-floor lift or bathroom adaptations
Improving or providing a heating system suited to the disabled person's needs
Adapting lighting or main door controls to make them easier to use
Relocation Grant (discretionary, up to £10,000) where the home cannot reasonably be adapted
Discretionary DFG (up to £10,000) for vulnerable people with critical health conditions who cannot afford their contribution, or as a top-up to the mandatory grant
Hospital Discharge Grant (up to £3,000) for essential works so someone can return home from hospital

How to apply

Contact Kent County Council's Assessment and Enablement Team on 03000 416161 and ask for the Occupational Therapist Duty Officer
An occupational therapist visits to assess your needs
The council carries out a test of your resources (not for children's grants) and tells you your grant entitlement
Confirm you wish to continue; the occupational therapist provides detailed recommendations
An agent (unless you choose otherwise) makes the formal application to the council for approval before works start

where works cost over £5,000 a local land charge of up to £10,000 may be placed on the property, repayable if sold within 10 years

Have ready

Details of your income and savings (for the means test)

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