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Disabled person's grant, my roof has fallen through

Hi I am disabled on pip.My roof in the living room has fallen through and has leaked everywhere.I share the house with a lady who is on income support she has emphysema. All the dust is affecting us both. Can I get a grant to help us,also the electricity from the lights is not working because of this.would I be eligible for a disabled persons grant.thankyou.
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I am one off the Community Champion’s here at Scope.
Sorry to hear about your current situation/problems.
Here is some info below on on Disability Grants.
https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/disabled-facilities-grant-home-adaptations/
Please please let let me know if you have any further questions??
@steve51
Many thanks for your concern.I personally suffer from many illnesses and the lady who shares the place is 78 suffers from emphysema .
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We started off with the whole place insured.We had a leak from the roof and 2 guys came along after we had noticed a drip.They came when it was pitch black,torrential rain and said they had patched it.
3 days later we had the same drip occur only this time we were told by homesure, sorry we dont include roofs anymore!!!
We then tried to get insurance with another company only to be told we are an unconventional property and no insurance will take it on.
We are desperate for help now,so I dont know what will happen but it's a terrible situation.I need to get 3 estimates but only 1 person replied and they didnt fulfil their promise to sort it out.thanks Neiko.
On the face of it nicky13, the insurers accepted that they and you had a contract, covering roof repair, as evidenced by them sending 'repairers'.
They can refuse to renew on the original terms. But they cannot unilaterally alter the terms of the existing contract during the agreed period of cover, normally a year.
Perhaps the year was nearly at an end when the roof fell in, but even if it was one hour before the expiry of the policy, they are fully liable.
If the damage arose during the year, and was not remedied at once, despite you notifying them, they are still contractually obliged to pay out. They cannot fail to repair properly, returning you to the position you would have been in, i.e. with a non-leaking roof.
Have you spoken to anyone about this?
Money Advice Service have information on this and a helpline which you can call or message. I hope they can give you further guidance.
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