Housing Adaptation Grants:

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction

 

Housing Adaptation grants are schemes created by local Authorities all over Ireland to help the elderly and

disabled people change their home environment to one that is safe and more accessible.

 

There are different Housing Adaptation Grants available assist in the carrying out of works which are reasonably

necessary for the purposes of rendering a house more suitable.  Depending on the individual and the work to be

done a suitable grant can be identified for the applicant and applied for.

 

The types of works allowable under the scheme include the provision of grab rails, access ramps, downstairs toilet

facilities, stair lifts, accessible showers, adaptations to facilitate wheelchair access, and any other works which are reasonably necessary for the purposes of rendering a house more suitable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are two main grants available...

 

 

1. Mobility Aids Grant Scheme:

 

The Mobility Aids Grant Scheme provides grants for works designed to address mobility problems in the home,

such as the purchase and installation of a grab rail, level access shower, access ramp or stairlift.  

The scheme is primarily for older people, but people with a disability can also apply for it.

 

Works Covered By Scheme:

 

• Bathroom Adaptations (level access showers & wetrooms)

• Stairlifts

• Access Ramps

• Grab Rails

 

Notes:

 

The maximum grant available is €6,000, which may cover 100% of the cost of the work.

This scheme is fast tracked for faster processing.

 

For a full list of rules and conditions of the scheme please refer to the 'links' page or contact us for advice.

 

 

 

 

2. Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability

 

A housing adaptation grant is available where changes need to be made to a home to make it suitable

for a person with a physical, sensory or intellectual disability or mental health difficulty to live in.  The grant can

help you to make changes and adaptations to your home, for example, making it wheelchair-accessible, extending it to create more space, adding a ground-floor bathroom or toilet or a stair-lift.

 

 

Works Covered By Scheme:

 

• Bathroom adaptations (level access showers & wetrooms)

• House extensions and modifications

• Downstairs toilet facilities

• Stairlifts

• Access ramps & wheelchair access

• Works to make a house suitable for someone with a disability

 

 

Notes:

 

The maximum grant available is €30,000, which may cover 95% of the cost of the work.

This scheme is not fast tracked.

 

For a full list of Rules and conditions of the scheme please refer to the 'links' page or contact us for advice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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