Disabled facilities grants
Hackney Council
Disabled facilities grants (DFGs) are available from the Council to help with the cost of work required to adapt private homes for occupation by a person with a disability. By making grants available, we hope to ensure a better quality of life for disabled people in Hackney and to help more people to remain in their own homes as part of the community.
What work will the grant cover?
Adaptations are recommended by the Council’s occupational therapist to make it easier for the disabled person to get in and out of their home, move around inside their home and carry out normal everyday activities such as washing, bathing and using the toilet.
This may include works such as:
- internal stairlifts, external steps lifts and through-floor lifts
- specialised toilets, baths and showers
- door widening to allow wheelchair access
- installation of hoists or other lifting equipment
- ramps, inside and outside
The disabled facilities grant is not available to adapt homes in which disabled persons are receiving respite care. The grant is only available for adaptations to the main or only residence.
Who can apply:
- owner occupiers
- private tenants (who must have their landlord’s permission to carry out the work)
Council tenants can apply but may want to ask first at their local neighbourhood office about having the work done through the Council’s own adaptations programme. If the Council do the work, tenants will not have to make any financial contribution and the Council will be responsible for maintaining and repairing the adaptation.