How much you get usually depends on your household income or household savings over £6,000.
How much you get usually depends on your household income or household savings over £6,000.
Households in England with under £6,000 savings could be eligible for a huge payout – if they have certain disabilities. How much you get usually depends on your household income or household savings over £6,000.
The Disabled Facilities Grant won’t affect any benefits you get but is for anyone who is physically disabled, or has a learning disability, or has age-related needs, or is autistic.
Other reasons could be a cognitive impairment, like dementia, a progressive condition, like motor neurone disease, a terminal illness or a mental health condition. Disabled children under 18 can get a grant without their parents’ income being taken into account.
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Landlords can get a grant without their income and savings being taken into account. The council may ask for the property to be let to another disabled person if the current tenant moves within 5 years.
England households get up to £30,000 while those in Wales get £36,000. Depending on your income, you may need to pay towards the cost of the work to the property. You can apply for another grant for the same property if you need to. For example, if your condition changes.
You might not get any grant if you start work on your property before the council approves your application. You’ll be paid either in instalments, as the work progresses or in full, when the work is finished.
The council may pay the contractor directly or give you a cheque to pass on to them. They’ll agree this with you when they approve your application.
You’ll be paid either when you and the council are happy with the finished work or when you give the council the invoice, demand or receipt for payment from the contractor.
Normally, if you (or a relative) do the work the council will only accept invoices for materials or services you’ve bought.