Who is entitled to the grant
If you are disabled, you may be entitled to a mandatory Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG). The grant is a sum of money to help you pay for adaptations to your home that will help you live with more independence.
To receive a grant, it doesn't matter whether you are a home owner, live with a home owner or live in a rented property.
If you are awarded a grant, you will have to agree to binding terms and conditions.
Important
Make sure that you read all the eligibility criteria prior to making an application.
The legislation requires the DFG service to ‘consult with Social Services’.
Your application must be supported by an officer in Adult Social Care or Children’s Social Care - the most appropriate support is usually an Occupational Therapist.
What you will get
In England the most we can pay you is £30,000 but you might not be eligible to receive the full amount.
Grants are means tested to assess if you need to make a contribution towards the cost of works.
Passported applications
Some applications will be passported.
This means that you will not have to pay for works up to the value of £30,000.
Whether your application is passported, will depend on:
- your age
- if you receive a qualifying passporting benefit
Adaptations for people under the age of 18 years are automatically passported.
Examples of passporting benefits are:
- Universal Credit
- income-related Employment and Support Allowances (ESA)
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- guarantee Pension Credit
- Housing Benefit
- Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit (where annual income for the purposes of assessing tax credit entitlement is less than £15,050)
You must provide recent evidence of being in receipt of a passporting benefit.