Disabled Facilities Grants

seanmckeever

Hello.........

I have been helping friends to apply for a disabled facilities grant.(new ground floor toilet and bedroom also electrical works ie moveing sockets and light switches throughout all the ground floor rooms)
The grant is almost finalized and will cover the cost of the works.
They own their own property outright and are recieving pension credit.
They will have to move out of their property while some of the works are taking place.
The local council have told them that they will not recieve any help with the cost of temporary accommodation.
I thing this is unfair because if their home was council owned the council would cover the cost.

What should they do?

seven-day-weekend

If you own your own home you are expected to pay for it....

....having said that, the Council gave us temporary accomodation when we had a Home Improvement Grant in the early 1980s. (although we had to pay a percentage of the cost of the grant).

I don't suppose that the Councils have so much money now. Also, your friends are getting the work free.


AFAIK, not a lot they can do.