Disabled Facilities Grant

Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) are designed to help people who have disabilities to have the maximum amount of independence in their homes. They are available to owner-occupiers, tenants and landlords. They are mandatory up to a value of £30,000 for the following adaptations:

• providing access to and from the home - e.g. ramps, shallow steps, hardstandings etc
• making the home safe for the disabled person and others living in the house - eg guard rails, safety glass etc
• providing access to the principal family room - eg by widening doorways
• providing access to a bedroom - eg by providing a stairlift or extension
• providing access to the lavatory - eg by altering bathroom layouts or providing specialist WCs
• providing access to a bath or shower - eg by replacing a bath with a level access shower
• providing access to a wash basin
• enabling the disabled occupier to prepare and cook food - eg by providing low level kitchen units
• improving or providing space heating or heating controls
• enabling the disabled occupier to use and control power, light and heat - eg by altering the position of light switches and power sockets
• enabling the disabled occupier to move around the home to care for another person - eg to enable a parent to care for a child.

Page owner: Paula Mackenzie. Last updated: 06/03/2012 13:32