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Help making changes to your home

You may need advice from an architect or surveyor if you want to make major changes to your home. You may need permission from other homeowners too. For example, if you share stairs and you want to install an external ramp.

Your council may pay for changes to your home if:

  • you’re a council tenant
  • your home is assessed and no longer meets your needs

Your landlord may pay for changes to your home if:

  • you’re a tenant of a registered social landlord or housing association
  • your home is assessed as no longer meeting your needs

If you live in private rented accommodation, you can adapt your home. 

Landlords cannot refuse permission or impose conditions without good reason. They must make reasonable adjustments for tenants with a disability, like:

  • providing auxiliary equipment and services, like replacing taps and door handles or providing door entry systems
  • changing practices, policies and procedures
  • changing the term of letting

If you’re a homeowner or a tenant of a private landlord you may be eligible for a Housing Adaptations Grant from your council.

Get advice on making repairs, improvements and adaptations to your home through your local Care and Repair service

The information was last updated on: 31st October 2023

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