Policy context
The cost of adapting your home can be very expensive and many people worry about what sort of adaptations may be appropriate as well as whom to employ to ensure they will be done properly. If you have a disability, there may be a grant available from Coventry City Council called a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG). This grant is available to help you make necessary adaptations to enable you to stay independent in your own home. Provided you meet the financial criteria of the grant, and you require certain essential adaptations to help you remain independent in your own home, the council may be able to assist you.
This policy makes use of the powers provided under the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 to offer an extension of the national mandatory DFG scheme under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 for disabled people of all ages in Coventry.
These powers enable local housing authorities to offer their own, locally tailored financial assistance. The assistance must provide at least the same level of assistance as that offered by the existing mandatory DFG, but the assistance available under this policy enables the provision of more flexible services to better meet the needs of some of Coventry’s disabled residents and their families.