Facilitating adequate Where the disabled recover all or not be approved if access to bedroom, For a tenant’s person is a child or part of this all the eligible bathroom and kitchen application, the qualifying young person amount the works have been facilities landlord must there is bedroom, no means bathroom test. following and/ or factors kitchen facilities completed. Improving or providing submit a *Qualifying young will be taken into heating certificate of person is installations a person aged account:- Payment of grant is Facilitating and intended letting 16 – 19 in ordinary, (i) the extent to conditional upon enabling a disabled and must give non-advanced fulltime which the the eligible works person to care for their consent education or approved recipient of the being executed to dependent residents before works unwaged a disabled training. person to grant care would for dependant the residents satisfaction of Facilitating access to can be carried suffer financial the authority and the garden out. hardship were upon receipt of an consideration he acceptable invoice. Extended warranties to be required to An acceptable as to the on platform lifts as per repay all or any invoice must following the Councils of the grant; satisfy the criteria: specification garden (ii) whether the authority and is not disposal of the given by the The premises is to applicant or a form/status of enable the member of his occupation recipient of the family. Whether the grant to take up accommodation employment, or Specialist is permanent or to change the equipment such as temporary location of his stairlifts, ramping Whether it employment; and closomat constitutes the (iii) whether the (wash/dry toilet), sole or main disposal is made may be recovered residence for reasons by the Council
Facilitating adequate access to bedroom, bathroom and kitchen facilities bedroom, bathroom and/ or kitchen facilities Improving or providing heating installations Facilitating and enabling a disabled person to care for dependent residents a disabled person to care for dependant residents Facilitating access to the garden Extended warranties on platform lifts as per the Councils specification garden For a tenant’s application, the landlord must submit a certificate of intended letting and must give their consent before works can be carried out. consideration as to the following criteria: The form/status of occupation Whether the accommodation is permanent or temporary Whether it constitutes the sole or main residence Where the disabled person is a child or qualifying young person there is no means test. *Qualifying young person is a person aged 16 – 19 in ordinary, non-advanced fulltime education or approved unwaged training. recover all or part of this amount the following factors will be taken into account:- (i) the extent to which the recipient of the grant would suffer financial hardship were he to be required to repay all or any of the grant; (ii) whether the disposal of the premises is to enable the recipient of the grant to take up employment, or to change the location of his employment; (iii) whether the disposal is made for reasons not be approved if all the eligible works have been completed. 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. Specialist equipment such as stairlifts, ramping and closomat (wash/dry toilet), may be recovered by the Council
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