Decision details

Disabled Facilities Grants - Financial Assistance Policy

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder - Housing and Homelessness

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report presents the Council’s Disabled Facilities Grant - Financial Assistance policy.

This is a refreshed policy to take into account the latest guidance and best practice, and also to reflect grant increases due to the increased costs of works, requiring a more flexible approach to the award of funding. The proposed Policy is attached at Appendix 1.

Decision:

On 11 September 2023, Cllr Steve Davies, the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness made the following decision:

That the Portfolio holder for Housing and Homelessness approves the Disabled Facilities Grant - Financial Assistance Policy for implementation from 18th September 2023 or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer (Grainne O’Rourke) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on 18 September 2023.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are attached below.

Reasons for the decision:

See Report

Alternative options considered:

See Report

Declarations of Interest(s): None

Contact: Richard Knott, Strategic Director – Housing & Communities Email: richard.knott@nfdc.gov.uk Tel: 023 8028 5242, Kirsty M Farmer, Service Manager - Housing Resident Service Email: kirstyM.farmer@nfdc.gov.uk.

Publication date: 11/09/2023

Effective from: 19/09/2023

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