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Housing Grants

a)	Disabled Facilities Grants. These are available for works necessary to enable a disabled person to live comfortably in their home. The grants are means tested and are subject to support from an Occupational Therapist. The maximum grant is £30,000 and is available for works such as stairlifts, shower facilities and ramps etc.
b)	Home Repair Grants. A grant for small scale works with a normal maximum of £5,000. This is available, subject to resources, to anyone with a gross annual income of £13,500 or less and with savings of less than £16,000.

N.B. All Home Repair Grants are subject to the availability of resources and for those in paragraph b) above there is a very long waiting list.

Full details of the above grants can be found by reading the Discretionary Housing Assistance Policy.

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