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Amendment to Financial Assistance Policy
Meeting: 06/09/2021 - Cabinet (Item 363)
363 Amendment to Financial Assistance Policy PDF 256 KB
(Andrew Palmer, Assistant Director, Housing and Built Environment)
(Cabinet decision)
Decision:
That subject to the agreement of the leadership, the discretionary disabled facilities grant assistance for internal stair lift only applications is raised to £10,000.
Minutes:
That subject to the agreement of the leadership, the discretionary disabled facilities grant aThe Assistant Director, Housing and Built Environment, presented a report to request cabinet agree an amendment to the current Financial Assistance Policy (2019-2023), to increase the discretionary disabled facilities grant assistance for internal stair lift only applications from £5000 to £10,000.
The current discretionary policy has an option for internal stairlift only applications to be non-means tested provided the total cost of the stairlift and installation is under £5000. The rationale for this was to speed up the process when people are waiting to be discharged from hospital and/or would be struggling in their current home due to not being able to safely access bedroom and bathroom facilities.
The costs for curved stair lifts have increased resulting in some applications no longer meeting the discretionary £5000 funding limit. This means applicants must submit information on their financial circumstances and wait for a means test to be carried out.
It is therefore proposed that the current £5000 limit is raised to £10,000 to cover situations where internal curved stair lifts are required or more than one internal straight stairlift is required.
The cost of the amendment can be met from the existing budget and it is expected the total additional grant assistance going forward to be in the region of £70,000 a year.
Councillor Batsford proposed approval of the recommendations, seconded by Councillor Rogers.
RESOLVED (unanimously):
That the discretionary disabled facilities grant assistance for internal stair lift only applications is raised from £5000 to £10,000.
ssistance for internal stair lift only applications is raised to £10,000.
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