Housing Grants

DECENT HOMES GRANTS

Properties in the Council’s Intervention Areas

We are able to provide grants for homeowners and tenants or landlords of properties within the Councils intervention areas.  Eligible works include:

• The provision of full central heating,
• For providing or improving insulation,
• The provision of an appropriately located bathroom and WC where these are lacking.
• For essential repairs to one or more of the key building components (these include the external components of the property plus internal components that have potential safety implications).

Please look at the ‘Melton Intervention Area’ map to find if your property is in one of the intervention areas.

Other Properties (not in the intervention areas)

We are able to provide grants for homeowners and tenants or landlords for the installation of full central heating, Once eligible we may also be able to assist with the provision of any lacking facilities and any essential repairs to one or more of the key building components (these include the external components of the property plus internal components that have potential safety implications). The property must also meet minimum insulation criteria.

Qualifying criteria

The property must be occupied by a vulnerable person or persons (or be likely to be occupied by such persons in the case of an application by a landlord). The definition of vulnerable includes people in receipt of one of the principal means tested or disability related benefits. The grant awarded varies between 50%-100% of the eligible expense.

If you are not classified as a vulnerable person but occupy a property which could be occupied by a vulnerable person  and do not have a full central heating system, grant assistance towards part of the cost may be available. The amount would be determined by completion of a test of resources (means test).

EXTRA WARM

HOME INSULATION SCHEME

For details of reduced rate or free loft insulation and cavity wall insulation schemes please follow the link to the Keeping Warm in Winter pages.

Funds may be available for adaptations to houses to enable the disabled independent living.

For further information please go to our Disabled Facilities Grants pages.