Home Improvement Grants

We offer advice and assistance for private sector residents. Currently there are no grants for home improvements.

Further information can be obtained from:

Amanda Matthews, Housing Grants Officer : 01827 709470
email: amanda-matthews@tamworth.gov.uk

Disabled Facilities Grant

A Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a grant which helps towards the cost of adapting a home to enable a person with disabilities to continue to live there.  A grant is paid when the Council considers that changes are necessary to meet the needs of the individual and that the work is reasonable and practical.

DFGs are used for someone living in a property, who is disabled and is either the owner occupier or a private rented tenant (permission will have to be sought from the landlord for the works to be done) The grant is means tested, except in the case of children under the age of 18, with the maximum grant being £30,000.

Grants are delivered in partnership with Occupational Therapists who provide a medical assessment and Metropolitan Care and Repair who undertake the drawings, tender for work and provide onsite supervision of building works. 

In order to receive an initial assessment for a DFG, you will need to call the Access Team (Social Services) on 0300 111 8010.

Further information can be obtained from

Amanda Matthews, Housing Grants Officer: 01827 709470
email: amanda-matthews@tamworth.gov.uk

Disabled Facilities Adaptations

Grants are available for tenants of Tamworth Borough Council from the Housing and Property Services directorate following a referral from Social Services. Grants are mandatory, though a financial assessment may be necessary.

Further information can be obtained from :

Social Services : 01543 510800 

Mrs Lee Birch, Housing Options Manager:
telephone 01827 709474
email lee-birch@tamworth.gov.uk

or

Kevin Tizzard: 01827 709383
email: kevin-tizzard@tamworth.gov.uk

Empty Homes Grants

Grants are available to bring empty homes back into use.  Owners of homes that have been empty for over twelve months can apply for up to £10,000 to bring their empty property up to a lettable standard. One of the conditions of this grant is that the property is then put on our nomination scheme for up to 3 years.  We then nominate tenants to rent the property with the rental money going to the owner.  At the end of the specified time, the property is returned to the owner.

For further information, please contact Marilyn McNally, Landlord Liaison and Empty Homes Officer on 01827 709345.

email: housingstrategy@tamworth.gov.uk