Winter support
Colchester Borough Council is providing support for residents, businesses and communities throughout winter.
Colchester Borough Council is providing support for residents, businesses and communities throughout winter.
Discretionary Disabled Facilities Assistance (DFA) is available to help eligible applicants pay for the cost of adapting their home to meet the needs of a disabled person that are not covered by the mandatory Disabled Facilities Grant.
This could include where, but is not limited to:
The maximum Discretionary Disabled Facilities Assistance is £30,000. How much you can get depends on the funds available at the time of your application.
Discretionary Disabled Facilities Assistance will be secured on your property by a local land charge. If you sell the property or transfer the ownership within five years, then the loan is repayable with compound interest. If you sell your property after five years, it is repayable without interest.
You can apply for a Discretionary Disabled Facilities Assistance for adaptations if you have an owner’s interest in a property where an occupant is registered (or is registerable) as disabled.
By completing a preliminary enquiry form, we can tell you if you are eligible.
Before applying for Disabled Facilities Assistance, you must provide proof that you are unable to get funds from elsewhere.
We will help you to find other forms of funding or financial assistance that may be available from other sources.
Contact us for further information and to receive a preliminary enquiry form.
Page last reviewed: 13 September 2021