grant is in need by reason of disability or infirmity. Accessible Housing solutions All The Council will The LA will place The eligible works Homes required to meet the occupiers, determine the estimated a Local Land must not have Assistance needs of a disabled tenants expense which is the Charge on been begun before person that are more (excluding sum of the cost of the approval of the application is cost-effective than tenants of CH eligible works and the owner’s interest approved. If works carrying out Ltd) or costs of any properly applications for have commenced adaptations. Licensees, incurred ancillary each grant but are not services & charges. approved. completed the Includes, but is not occupiers of Council will vary restricted to, the houseboats and No approval will exceed If the property is the application so following works: caravans who £5K. sold, assigned or that eligible works are able to transferred do not include any Specialist equipment satisfy the This assistance is within 10 years that are completed. that will enable a criteria in discretionary and as repayment may disabled person's Section 19 of such the council has a be demanded. An application will needs to be met at a the HGC&R Act right to refuse funding In deciding not be approved if lower cost than 1996 and to determine the whether to all the eligible adapting the property maximum amount of recover all or works have been There is no funding per application. part of this completed. To enable speedy requirement to amount the installation of stairlifts provide a following factors Payment of grant is and/or modular certificate of will be taken into conditional upon ramping to be future account:- the eligible works undertaken and occupation or (i) the extent to being executed to
grant is in need by reason of disability or infirmity. Accessible Homes Assistance Housing solutions required to meet the needs of a disabled person that are more cost-effective than carrying out adaptations. Includes, but is not restricted to, the following works: Specialist equipment that will enable a disabled person's needs to be met at a lower cost than adapting the property To enable speedy installation of stairlifts and/or modular ramping to be undertaken and All tenants (excluding tenants of CH Ltd) or Licensees, occupiers of houseboats and caravans who are able to satisfy the criteria in Section 19 of the HGC&R Act 1996 There is no requirement to provide a certificate of future occupation or The Council will determine the estimated expense which is the sum of the cost of the eligible works and the costs of any properly incurred ancillary services & charges. No approval will exceed £5K. 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 LA will place a Local Land Charge on approval of owner’s interest applications for each grant approved. If the property is sold, assigned or transferred within 10 years repayment may be demanded. In deciding whether to recover all or part of this amount the following factors will be taken into account:- (i) the extent to The eligible works must not have been begun before the application is approved. If works have commenced but are not completed the Council will vary the application so that eligible works do not include any that are completed. An application will not be approved if all the eligible works have been completed. Payment of grant is conditional upon the eligible works being executed to occupiers,
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