Southend-on-Sea City Council

Disabled Facilities Grant (Southend-on-Sea)

The statutory Disabled Facilities Grant in Southend covers adaptation works costing between £1,000 and £30,000 that a disabled person needs to use the essential areas of their home safely and independently, such as level-access showers, stairlifts or through-floor lifts, ramps and door widening. Owners, occupiers and landlords for a disabled tenant can apply. Most adult applications are means tested; children's applications and people on passporting benefits are not.

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You could get: £1,000 – £30,000; no fixed round
Deadline: Rolling; apply any time
Effort: Moderate; full application with documents

Who can apply

Southend residents where the applicant or someone living in the home has a disability, and who own the property or live there as their main residence and intend to stay for the grant period (currently five years)
Landlords may apply on behalf of a disabled tenant
Housing association tenants need the housing association's permission for the work before being placed on the waiting list
Most adult applications are means tested; children's applications and people on passporting benefits (guaranteed Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based JSA or ESA, Housing Benefit, Universal Credit, and for now Council Tax Reduction alone) are not
Repayable grant conditions may apply to owner-occupiers

What it funds

Adaptations that help a disabled person access and use essential areas of their home safely and independently, for example:

Level access showers and other bathroom adaptations
Through-floor lifts or stairlifts
Ramps and step-free access
Door widening
Adaptations to improve access within the home

the work funded depends on the person's assessed needs and home, and whether it is necessary, appropriate, reasonable and practicable.

What it will not fund

Works that have already started or been completed (normally)
Works under £1,000 or above £30,000

How to apply

Optionally check provisional financial eligibility with the Foundations means test calculator
Adults: apply through the Adult Social Care portal, or call 01702 215008 (option 5, then option 1) to be assessed
Children: complete the council's online form for a child's DFG, or call Children's Services on 01702 215007
An Occupational Therapist may assess needs and recommend works
Complete the formal financial assessment if required

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