Eligibility for DFG

Applicants can be owner-occupiers, or tenants of private landlords or registered social landlords (Housing Associations).

Applicants must certify that they intend to live in the property, foreseeably, for the next 5 years. For rented properties, the landlord must consent to the works taking place and certify that the applicant will foreseeably remain in their tenancy for the next 5 years.

The grant is means-tested for adults, using a “Test of Resources”. Applicants in receipt of certain “passporting benefits” will be automatically eligible for the maximum grant (see Appendix 4 for list of qualifying benefits). Some people will not be eligible for the grant due to their level of income and savings.

There is no means-testing for applications for children and young people under the age of 19, up to the mandatory grant maximum as set out in Mandatory Disabled Facilities Grant amount.

Funding cannot be provided retrospectively for work already carried out to the home.