Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy

Subject to the availability of funds, the maximum grant available is £5,000.

Assistance available is capped at £5,000 in any twelve-month period.

The resident must own or their home, have an annual household income of less than £36,000 and meet one or more of the following:

• in receipt of Incapacity Benefit
• is aged 65 and over, or has a child under 5, or is pregnant
• is on the Energy Companies' Priority Services register
• has a health or vulnerability condition that can be exacerbated by living in a cold home, as referenced in the National Institute for Health Excellence (NICE) guideline on "Excess winter deaths and illness and the health risks associated with cold homes" - this guidance identifies people with the following health conditions as being particularly vulnerable to cold:
  1. people with cardiovascular conditions
  2. people with respiratory conditions (in particular, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and childhood asthma)
  3. people with mental health conditions, and
  4. people with disabilities
  5. people who are terminally ill
  6. people with suppressed immune systems (e.g., from cancer treatment or HIV)

Written confirmation from a GP, hospital consultant or other medical professional of qualifying conditions a) to f) will be required.

• houses
• flats
• bungalows
• mobile homes

• loft insulation
• cavity wall insulation
• solid wall insulation
• replacement of broken boiler - gas or oil
• replacement of broken wall fixed electric panel / storage heater