Due to the global Microsoft outage, you may experience issues when using some of our online services. This relates to services that rely on email delivery, such as account registration, password resets, authentication codes, and some online forms. Service availability may vary while external systems continue to stabilise. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)
You can apply for a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) if:
you or a member of your family has a disability
you need to adapt your home to make it suitable for a person with disabilities
You can check GOV.UK for information about what you’ll get and who can apply for a DFG.
You can find more information about a Disabled Facilities Grant in our Housing Assistance Policy.
Before you apply for a DFG, you need to get a referral from the Adult Social Care Team at Essex County Council. You can find out how to get a referral for an occupational therapy assessment.
Once we receive a recommendation from your occupational therapist, we will check your eligibility. If you are eligible, we will arrange a visit to your property.
We will then decide if the occupational therapist’s recommendations are reasonable and practical.
After the visit, we will decide whether to award you a Disabled Facilities Grant.
If you are successful, we will send you an application pack which you need to complete and send back to us.
You can start work once we have approved your application.
Make a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) referral
If you are an occupational therapist or a representative of a social housing association, you can make a referral on behalf of someone else for a Disabled Facilities Grant.
To make a referral you will need:
details of the person you are referring
occupational therapist details