Grant mandatory DFGs by landlords, expense for any have been incurred assisting a move to a tenants or properly incurred before the more suitable property Licensees, and services & charges. No application is or to offer an incentive some occupiers approved application will approved. to tenants living in of houseboats exceed £4K adapted properties and caravans An application will who no longer need who are able to This assistance is not be approved if the adaptations satisfy the discretionary and as all the eligible criteria in such the council has a works have been Removal & provision of Sections 19 of right to refuse funding completed prior to carpets/flooring the HGC&R Act and to determine the approval. Cleaning of 1996 maximum amount of carpets/flooring funding per application. Payment of grant is Costs associated with There is no conditional upon the services of a requirement to The council must be the eligible works private OT provide a satisfied that the new being executed to Furniture removal certificate of home is more suitable the satisfaction of costs, future for the needs of the the authority and occupation disabled occupant or upon receipt of an of utilities. that it is more acceptable invoice. There is no reasonable and An acceptable Eligible works for means test practicable to adapt. invoice must owner occupiers: satisfy the As above plus:- Where the new home authority and is not Estate Agents fees, also requires adaptation, given by the Legal and stamp duty the combined cost of the applicant or a fees, Relocation Support member of his Grant and any DFG to family. RP’s:- adapt the new home
Grant mandatory DFGs by assisting a move to a more suitable property or to offer an incentive to tenants living in adapted properties who no longer need the adaptations Removal & provision of carpets/flooring Cleaning of carpets/flooring Costs associated with the services of a private OT Furniture removal costs, of utilities. Eligible works for owner occupiers: As above plus:- Estate Agents fees, Legal and stamp duty fees, RP’s:- landlords, tenants or Licensees, and some occupiers of houseboats and caravans who are able to satisfy the criteria in Sections 19 of the HGC&R Act 1996 There is no requirement to provide a certificate of future occupation There is no means test expense for any properly incurred services & charges. No approved application will exceed £4K This assistance is discretionary and as such the council has a right to refuse funding and to determine the maximum amount of funding per application. The council must be satisfied that the new home is more suitable for the needs of the disabled occupant or that it is more reasonable and practicable to adapt. Where the new home also requires adaptation, the combined cost of the Relocation Support Grant and any DFG to adapt the new home have been incurred before the application is approved. An application will not be approved if all the eligible works have been completed prior to approval. Payment of grant is conditional upon the eligible works being executed to the satisfaction of the authority and upon receipt of an acceptable invoice. An acceptable invoice must satisfy the authority and is not given by the applicant or a member of his family.
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