Advice Guide
A local authority can offer different types of help with home improvements. It will have its own rules about the types of help it will offer, and about the conditions you must meet in order to qualify for help.
By law, these rules must not discriminate against you because of your sex, race, sexuality, religion or disability. In addition, a local authority may have policies which don't allow other types of discrimination such as discrimination against older people.
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Communities.gov.uk
Home Improvement Agencies (HIAs) help homeowners and private sector tenants who are older or disabled to remain in their own home, living independently, in safety and comfort
HIAs advise on improvements and adaptations that their clients may need in their homes and help them to apply for local authority grants or loans needed to carry out the required work. They also help to identify reputable local contractors to do the work, and oversee the work to ensure that their clients are completely satisfied.
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Northern Housing Housing Executive
The Housing (NI) Order of 2003 introduced a largely discretionary grants scheme for private sector housing in Northern Ireland. Our Private Sector Grants Strategy, introduced in December 2003, targets money to deal with unfit housing and disrepair, and uses the resources of the Grants Scheme to best effect.
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