Financial Assistance for Repairs, Improvements and
Adaptations
If you are an owner-occupier, a landlord or
someone in your household has a disability, you may be
eligible for financial assistance to carry out repairs,
improvements and adaptations to your property.
Home Repairs
We are now consulting on the revised Assistance Policy,
taking into account experiences of using the Interim Policy
that has been in place since 2009, as well as information from the
House Condition Survey carried out in 2010, and the removal of
private sector renewal funding from central government in their
Comprehensive Spending Review in 2010.
The
draft Private Sector Housing Financial Assistance Policy (PDF,
1.09MB) sets out the different types of loans and grants that
we will offer with home repairs and adaptations. To assist us to
make sure we get the Policy correct, we would like to hear your
views.
The consultation will run from 6th December
2011 to 24th February 2012.
You can complete
the questionnaire online, or if you prefer
to make written representations please print off and complete
a printable version of the
questionnaire (PDF, 624KB), Please note that this form is
not accessible to users of assistive technology and needs to be
downloaded and completed by hand and returned to the Private Sector Housing team.
You can still register your interest in financial assistance.
Please note that this is not an application, and you may or may not
qualify for assistance. By registering your interest, it will
ensure that you receive information about the new policy and
whether you meet the revised criteria. Please complete the
Enquiry for Financial Assistance online form.
Home Adaptations for People with Disabilities
Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) are available. To find out
more about DFGs, please visit the Disabled
Facilities Grants page.
There is information about our proposals for Additional Disabled
Facilities Assistance and Disability Relocation Assistance in the
draft Private Sector Housing Financial Assistance Policy.
Loft and Cavity Wall Insulation - New Offer available in
Cheshire East
We are working in partnership with K G Insulation Limited based
in Middlewich to offer discounted loft and cavity wall insulation
to homeowners and private landlords in Cheshire East.
The cost is £74 for loft insulation, and £74 for cavity
wall insulation (conditions apply, and subject to survey * ). This
offer is available until March 2012, subject to availability.
To apply, contact KG Insulation directly on 01606
841398 or visit the KG
Insulation website.
* The offer is for loft and cavity wall insulation only. If you
need scaffolding or loft clearance, for example, then these costs
will be charged to you by K G Insulation. They will provide a
quotation before you commit to any works.
Contact us
For further information, please contact the Private Sector Housing team.
