Owner-occupiers and tenants can apply for Home Repair Assistance Grants for work that falls into any of the following categories:
- adapting or improving a dwelling for the benefit of a person with a disability*
- removing or moderating a serious hazard in the home
- carrying out repairs or improvement to a dwelling
- improving the safety and security of a home, for example, by installing door chains, door and window locks, and smoke alarms. This assistance is only available to people aged 60 years or over, and to families with a resident child aged five years or under
- installing or adapting a central heating system were no other grant schemes are available.
We may refuse an application from a tenant where the landlord is responsible for carrying out the proposed work.
The maximum amount of assistance is £5000 for work described in the category marked * above, and £2000 for all other categories.
To qualify for assistance, the applicant must be in receipt of one of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- Council Tax Benefit
- Housing Benefit
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- Minimum Income Guarantee
Applicants aged 60 years and over, or people with disabilities or long-term illnesses who are not in receipt of one of the benefits above, may undergo the national means test applicable to Disabled Facilities Grants. Where this test reveals that they are on a very low income, they may apply for any category of Home Repair Assistance Grant.
Housing grant enquiry
To find out more about any of the above, or to make an application for assistance, please contact the Housing Standards Team on 01256 845331.
Alternatively you can complete the online enquiry form below. We will use this form to decide whether we can help and one of our grant officers will contact you with further information.
Enquiries can also be made through our e-mail address:
housing@basingstoke.gov.uk.
It is essential that no work be started before a grant is approved, otherwise the offer of a grant will be prejudiced.
