Home adaption grants

SteveMoran55

Home adaption grants are there rules on how long you lived at an address

steve51

Hi @SteveMoran55

It’s great to meet you this evening.

I have posted some info below for you:

https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fdisabled-facilities-grant&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fdisabled-facilities-grant&auth=%2FmAJ3OEO7tSAkq31VVWsnA&profile=_default&rank=1&query=Home+grants

Please please let me know if I can help you further????

Alex

Hi @SteveMoran55

I've looked on the Gov.uk site and it doesn't mention it:

You or someone living in your property must be disabled. Either you or the person you’re applying for must:

• own the property or be a tenant

• intend to live in the property during the grant period (which is currently 5 years)

Jean_OT

Hi @SteveMoran55

So to clarify, when making an application for a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) it doesn't matter how long you have lived in the property prior to making the application. However, it is relevant how long you intend to stay in the property, it can be difficult to get a DFG is you don't intend to stay there for a period of five years. 

Basically local authorities don't want to pay out to adapt a property only for the householder to move within five years and have an expectation that another property will be adapted for their needs. The local authority do have some discretion with this but there have been cases where the householder has moved within the specified period and the local authority have taken measures to recover part of the DFG.

Hope this helps

Jean

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