ao link
Twitter
Facebook
Linked In
Twitter
Facebook
Linked In

You are viewing 1 of your 1 free articles

Additional £68m announced for disability home adaptations

Funding for councils to help people with disabilities make adaptations to their homes has been topped up with an additional £68m this year.

Linked InTwitterFacebookeCard
Picture: Getty
Picture: Getty
Sharelines

An additional £68m has been announced for the Disabled Facilities Grant #UKhousing

To mark the International Day of People with Disabilities, the government announced additional funding for the Disabled Facilities Grant, which can be used towards the cost of installing accessibility measures such as stairlifts, level access showers and ramps.

The fund is often used to avoid the need for hospital or care home admissions, as well as to help speed up discharge from hospital.

The £68m announced yesterday is in addition to the £505m paid to councils in May, increasing the overall pot to £573m this year.


READ MORE

After COVID: the future of careAfter COVID: the future of care
Care specialist housing association to convert affordable rent homes to social rent following regulatory downgradeCare specialist housing association to convert affordable rent homes to social rent following regulatory downgrade
Government to announce additional £151m for homelessnessGovernment to announce additional £151m for homelessness

As part of last month’s one-year Spending Review, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that £573m will also be allocated to the Disabled Facilities Grant next year.

The move is part of a push by government to better integrate health and social care services, which has also seen the government announce a £4bn Better Care Fund for councils.

Minister for rough sleeping and housing Kelly Tolhurst said: “I’m pleased that extra funding announced today, on the International Day of People with Disabilities, will see thousands more people benefit.

“This grant can be literally life-changing and lengthening, helping more people to live independently in their own homes.

“Since 2012 over 280,000 home adaptions have been funded through the Disabled Facilities Grant Scheme helping many tens of thousands of people to live at home independently.”

Sign up for our care and support newsletter

Sign up for our care and support newsletter
Linked InTwitterFacebookeCard
Add New Comment
You must be logged in to comment.