Landlords can claim up to £30k in funding to adapt a rental property for older and disabled tenants

Landlords can claim up to £30k per property from their local authority Disabled Facilities Grant for adaptations made for their older and disabled tenants.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has announced a £50m fund to help older and disabled people in England make adaptations to their homes that enables them to continue to live independently - and includes those living in a private rental property.

This means that landlords can also access the funding from their local authority Disabled Facilities Grant, providing they have a tenant living in the rental property that requires the adaptation. Disabled Facilities Grants can be used to fund up to £30,000 towards adaptations in any one home in England.

According to the Older Person’s Taskforce for housing, there are 12.4m people in Britain aged over 65 - which accounts for about 18% of the population. This is set to rise to 20.4m or 26% of the population by 2041.

The increase in funding comes following calls from Propertymark, the letting agents’ organisation, to improve access and promote the Disabled Facilities Grant to private landlords and their agents to ensure that more property in the private rented sector is accessible.

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