HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS AND HOME ADAPTATIONS: …

HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS AND HOME. ADAPTATIONS: FINDING WAYS TO SAY YES. MARCH 2022 / WRITTEN BY SHEILA MACKINTOSH & RACHEL FRONDIGOUN. PREFACE. The Disability Facilities Grants (DFG) system is a vital resource providing some of social HOUSING customers' most complex adaptation requirements. These adaptations often change people's lives, enabling greater independence, safety and wellbeing. Unfortunately, as this report describes, the DFG system is sometimes slow and complex, resulting in long waits. This matters. Every day lived in a home without the right access features is a day that a disabled person is limited by their environment and prevented from going about their life with the ease and comfort that non-disabled people take for granted.

How are housing associations . performing? Housing association tenants . 54%. have a long term illness or . impairment. 18%. of new lettings are to people . with a defined disability. 43%. are 55 and over - average age . 52. Suitability of the stock. 21%. of disabled tenants say their . accommodation is unsuitable. 56%. of those needing ...

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