The Cabinet Member for Housing, Ecology and Climate Change approved the amendments to the updated Housing Assistance Policy which includes:
1.1 Increasing the value of Discretionary Disabled Facilities Grant Assistance to £30,000
1.2 Inclusion of a second residence grant
1.3 Amendments to the Discretionary Contributions Grant criteria to bring them in line with social care funding eligibility criteria.
1.4 The policy also introduces a defined mechanism through which exceptional cases which exceed the policy-based funding might be considered, in line with best practice as outlined in the DFG Guidance 2022.