Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)

If you are disabled, or someone living with you is disabled, a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) may help pay for your home to be adapted.

You can apply for an adaptation as a homeowner, a tenant of a private landlord or housing association, or as a council tenant.

If you are renting your property, you must get permission from your landlord, and you may have to contribute towards the cost of the works.

Possible improvements can include:

• widening doors and installing ramps 
• improving access to rooms, by installing a stairlift, for example 
• improving facilities, such as creating a downstairs bathroom 
• providing a suitable heating system 
• adapting heating or lighting controls to make them easier to use 

A disabled facilities grant won’t affect any benefits you currently receive. 

To be eligible for a disabled facilities grant, the following must apply.

You:

• or someone who permanently lives at your property must be disabled 
• or the person you are applying for must be the homeowner or the tenant 
• intend to stay at the property for five years or more 
• can also apply for a grant if you are a landlord who intends to let the property to a disabled tenant

If you foster a disabled child long-term, you may be eligible to apply.