Disabled Facilities Grants
Financial and technical assistance is available to help in
adapting homes to meet the needs of disabled children and adults.
The disabled facilities grant (DFG) is available to
owner-occupiers, private tenants and tenants of registered social
landlords such as Rooftop Housing Group and
Festival Housing
Association.
The first step in making an application is to arrange a visit,
usually via your own Doctor, by an Occupational Therapist who will
assess your needs and advise us as to what adaptations are
necessary and appropriate.
The amount of grant available will depend on your own financial
circumstances; a full means test will be applied to calculate the
final grant (disabled children are not means tested).
You will have the option of using our Care and Repair team to assist you in making
your application, preparing specifications, liasing with
contractors and overseeing the works.
Works eligible for a DFG
Disabled Facility Grant - Snap Shot
Survey
Wychavon District Council welcomes feedback from customers
regarding their experiences in accessing our services and wants to
know customer views about the quality of the service they have
received.
This feedback helps us to improve service delivery enabling us
to meet customer needs more efficiently and effectively.
For this Snap
Shot Survey we have contacted customers who have been assisted
with a Disabled Facility Grant and work has been completed during
July - September 2010. The survey was undertaken over the
phone to enable any issues to be fully discussed. all
information provided by customers is treated with complete
confidentiality and all information is held in accordance with Data
Protection.
Further Information
For further guidance please refer to our Housing
Assistance Policy and Disabled Facilities
Grant leaflet (163.08 KB) or contact our Housing
Administrator:
Kaye Bottomley
Telephone: 01386 565335 - between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Email kaye.bottomley@wychavon.gov.uk
Relevant Documents
Possible Council Tax Reduction
If you, or someone who lives with you, need a room, an extra
bathroom or kitchen, or extra space in your property because you
use a wheelchair indoors, you may be entitled to a reduced council
tax bill. For more information see our Council Tax pages.
