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We can provide a disabled facilities grant to adapt the home of a disabled person.
An occupational therapist must recommend the work.
Based on an occupational therapist's report, we determine:
It is available to:
Private tenants may qualify for help with adapting a property if you have a a disabled person living in your house.
You must use the grant for adaptation work recommended by your occupational therapist. You may need extra work to make sure the required adaptations can be completed.
The occupational therapist may recommend adaptions including:
Your occupational therapist will look at your circumstances and recommend the work needed.
You may get up to £35,000. The size of the grant will depend on the cost of the work required and your financial circumstances.
In some cases we may increase the award up to a maximum of £70,000.
your circumstances
who the adaptation is for
if you include extra work which is not grant-aided
if the work costs more than we allow
You may have to make a financial contribution (payment) towards the approved cost of grant aid works at your property.
We will complete a means test - we call this a ‘test of resources’
Read more about this in our section:
How much grant funding you can get
We base the calculation on:
Your income includes:
You may need the work for a child in your household.
If you receive Child Benefit for this child then we do not carry out a ‘test of resources’.
Yes. It is not unusual for an applicant to undertake additional works on their property given that they will have a contractor onsite.
This work is referred to as ‘enhanced’ work and you are responsible for paying all of the associated costs.
You must tell us if you intend to have extra work carried out and your occupational therapist must approve your plans.
We administer the grant aid on behalf of the Department for Communities.
We do not arrange for work to be completed, or carry out work.
It is your responsibility to:
appoint an architect to develop drawings (a principal designer)
appoint a builder or contractor, if needed, to carry out the work (a principal contractor)
arrange planning permission and/or building regulations approval where necessary
You can read more information about contractors at:
You can also read advice from NI Direct about:
You cannot apply to the Housing Executive.
You must contact your local Health Trust occupational therapy service.
Explain that you may need adaptations to your home to help you live safely and more comfortably.
You can find an occupational therapist through your local:
They will start the process for you.
An occupational therapist must make the recommendations.
You could also speak to your Social Worker or GP.
If you have any questions please contact your local grants office on:
T: 03448 920 900 (Textphone 18001 03448 920 900)
Members of our team will be happy to help you at any point of the process.
If you need extra support during the grant application process then you can contact:
Each case is unique. But some factors will affect the length of time:
We will only pay the grant award when:
We may consider making part payments while work is being carried out. Speak to your technical officer about how to arrange this.
You must not start any work until you receive an ‘approval of application’ in writing from the Housing Executive.
This approval confirms:
You must provide all the documentation and statutory approvals before we issue this.
It can take up to six months for us to provide an ‘approval of application’.
This toolkit was compiled to help with housing adaptations to make the home of a disabled person suitable for their needs.
