Care and Repair Grant

Home repair assistance is available to help pay for small-scale repairs, improvements or adaptations to your home. This grant is always discretionary.

You can apply for a grant if you:

• Are aged over 18
• Live in the dwelling as your only or main residence, or be applying for the benefit of a person who is 60 years old or more, or disabled, or infirm.
• Are an owner-occupier or private tenant or have a right of exclusive occupation of the property for at least five years.
• Have a power or duty to carry out the building works.
• Be aged 60 or more, or disabled, or infirm, or in receipt of one of the following benefits:
  
  •  Income support
  •  Housing benefit
  •  Family credit
  •  Council tax benefit
  •  Disability working allowance
  •  Job seekers allowance

If you are neither an owner-occupier nor tenant but have right of exclusive occupation of the property, you must have lived in the property for at least 3 years before you can apply for home repairs assistance unless:

• The works are for fire precautions or to enable an elderly, infirm or disabled person to be cared for or
• The property is in a local authority renewal area

The maximum amount of assistance that can be paid is £5,000 as a once and only payment per dwelling.

If you would like to apply for a grant, you will be required to explore obtaining private finance before the Council will consider providing grant aid.

Please contact our Customer Services Centre to request an application form.