Overview

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.