LANDLORDS AND AGENTS CAN ACCESS GREATER LEVELS OF FUNDING TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR PROPERTY

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC), has announced a £50 million fund to help older and disabled people in England, make adaptations to enable them to continue to live independently in their own homes.

The additional funding will be available as adaptation grants from local authorities and is open to people living in the Private Rented, social housing, and owner-occupied sector.  Where required and appropriate, this is an opportunity for agents to signpost landlords and tenants towards the funding.

Agents and landlords can access the funding from the local authority Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), providing they have a tenant living in the property that requires the adaptation. Currently, DFG’s can be used to fund up to £30,000 towards adaptation in England.

https://www.propertymark.co.uk/resource/funding-to-improve-the-accessibility-of-prs-property.html

12th September 2023