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Help and more information
Choose the kind of help you need. These links provide guidance and tools; they do not start or update a council application.
Understand the DFG process
Plain-English guides to the usual steps, checks and decisions.
- What can a DFG be used for? (opens in a new tab)
Examples of eligible adaptation purposes and the statutory tests.
- Who can apply? (opens in a new tab)
Guidance for owners, tenants, landlords and other applicants.
- DFG eligibility explained (opens in a new tab)
Understand the broad eligibility criteria before the council assessment.
- DFG means test explained (opens in a new tab)
Understand how the statutory means test generally works without entering figures here.
- DFG for renters and landlords (opens in a new tab)
Guidance about applying from a rented home and landlord permission.
- Step-by-step application guide (opens in a new tab)
A fuller explanation of the usual DFG journey from first contact to completion.
- DFG conditions you need to know (opens in a new tab)
Understand common conditions that may apply when a Disabled Facilities Grant is approved.
Take a practical next step
Tools that help you find a council or explore a broad question.
- Find your local council (opens in a new tab)
Use your postcode to find the council responsible for your area.
- Check if you could get a grant (opens in a new tab)
Answer broad questions to understand whether a DFG may be relevant. This is guidance, not a council decision.
- Check what you might need to pay (opens in a new tab)
Estimate a possible contribution. The council makes the formal calculation.
- Should I adapt or move? (opens in a new tab)
Compare adapting the current home with possible alternatives.
Get help when you are unsure
Practical advice when you need help deciding what to do next.
- Get advice (opens in a new tab)
Find practical advice when you are unsure what to do or something has gone wrong.