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.
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.