Appendix D2 –Assistance Measures – tabulated Assistance Name Mandatory (M) / Value (max. £)* Purpose(s) Criteria Repayable / other Discretionary (D) notes Disabled Facilities Grant – M £30,000 Specified purposes in Owner occupier, landlord Up to £10,000 for works DFG Means tested except for child 1996 Housing Grants or tenant, for disabled over £5,000 if disposal cases <19 years, otherwise Construction & person. Necessary & within 10 years – owner means tested benefit Regeneration Act, section appropriate, reasonable & occupiers only. Repeat passported qualification) 23 (as amended) practicable. applications OK. Discretionary Disabled D £10,000 grant Top-up to DFG, plus and DFG costs in excess of Grant not repayable, loan Facilities Assistance £10,000 loan / charge relocation assistance £30,000 plus agreed move repayable (0%, charge (DDFA) (means tested including child (purchase and move value on case by case against property – not cases) costs) basis time expiring) Hospital Discharge Grant D £10,000 Facilitate rapid hospital Agreed as urgent, cost Not repayable (HDG) (not means tested) discharge, prevent or saving, best option given reduce risk of alternatives (re)admission Home Safety Grant / M/D £500 over 3 years Minor aids, equipment, Over 55 or disabled Not repayable Handy-Person (HDG) Not means tested repairs and adaptations person in household Warm and Safer Home D £10,000 Grant (WaSH) Either qualifying means tested Removal of HHSRS Owner-occupiers, 3 years Not repayable, no benefit OR vulnerable (agreed category 1 and key minimum ownership for 3 years medical need) with DFG category 2 hazards means test Energy Efficiency Support - n/a – tba (ECO etc.) Reduction in fuel poverty, n/a n/a improve domestic energy efficiency Other – revisions, D n/a Tba – including local revocations, additions and local schemes as indicated NOTE: all above for owner-occupiers and private tenants only except where detailed, notwithstanding £500 Home Safety Grant for equipment and minor aids also available to Council tenants.
Appendix D2 –Assistance Measures – tabulated Assistance Name Mandatory (M) / Discretionary (D) Value (max. £)* Purpose(s) Criteria Repayable / other notes Disabled Facilities Grant – DFG M £30,000 Means tested except for child cases <19 years, otherwise means tested benefit passported qualification) Specified purposes in 1996 Housing Grants Construction & Regeneration Act, section 23 (as amended) Owner occupier, landlord or tenant, for disabled person. Necessary & appropriate, reasonable & practicable. Up to £10,000 for works over £5,000 if disposal within 10 years – owner occupiers only. Repeat applications OK. Discretionary Disabled Facilities Assistance (DDFA) D £10,000 grant £10,000 loan / charge (means tested including child cases) Top-up to DFG, plus and relocation assistance (purchase and move costs) DFG costs in excess of £30,000 plus agreed move value on case by case basis Grant not repayable, loan repayable (0%, charge against property – not time expiring) Hospital Discharge Grant (HDG) D £10,000 (not means tested) Facilitate rapid hospital discharge, prevent or reduce risk of (re)admission Agreed as urgent, cost saving, best option given alternatives Not repayable Home Safety Grant / Handy-Person (HDG) M/D £500 over 3 years Not means tested Minor aids, equipment, repairs and adaptations Over 55 or disabled person in household Not repayable Warm and Safer Home Grant (WaSH) D £10,000 Either qualifying means tested benefit OR vulnerable (agreed medical need) with DFG means test Removal of HHSRS category 1 and key category 2 hazards Owner-occupiers, 3 years minimum ownership Not repayable, no for 3 years Energy Efficiency Support - n/a – tba (ECO etc.) Reduction in fuel poverty, improve domestic energy efficiency n/a n/a Other – revisions, revocations, additions and local schemes as indicated D n/a Tba – including local NOTE: all above for owner-occupiers and private tenants only except where detailed, notwithstanding £500 Home Safety Grant for equipment and minor aids also available to Council tenants.
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