This page is about making changes to your property if you have an illness or disability. For
information on making general home improvements to your council home please visit the page on
making changes to your home.
We want to help you live independently in your home. If you have a disability you may be
entitled to help with equipment for or adaptations to your home that will make it possible for you
to carry on living there.
What kind of help is there?
- You can get advice on suitable equipment for you or adaptations to your home, for example,
stair rails or outside handrails.
- You may be able to get some equipment on loan, for example, a raised toilet seat or bathing
equipment.
- You can get advice on how any major adaptations such as a lift or a ramp for wheelchair
access can be funded.
You will have a visit from an occupational therapist who will decide whether or not adaptations
to your property are necessary. If they decide your property should be adapted the occupational
therapist will contact us to arrange it.
The adaptation may affect your rent, but we will tell you if this is the case. For more
information please contact us.
For more information on help available to enable you to live independently, please visit our
support for vulnerable people pages.
If you have recently had an adaptation carried out in your home you can complete an online survey to give us your
feedback.