An OT report was received and family was added to accessible homes register (AHR) June 2017, as the family’s current accommodation no longer met their needs. The family have three boys and one of their boys has cerebral Palsy. They are currently living in a two bedroom flat. The property is too small as they need a three bed property and their current property is not wheelchair accessible.

The family’s support networks are within the Goodrich area and therefore the family were keen to stay within the vicinity. There are no development sites coming forward in the near future to accommodate the family’s needs by way of a purpose built accessible unit.

The council have recently been in discussions with HHL who are the family’s landlord as they have identified a property that could be adapted to meet their needs. It will require disabled facility grant funding (DFG) which has been approved, but this does not fully cover the cost of the works that need to be undertaken. The costs to undertake the extension is £70,000. The total amount payable under DFG is £30,000

Because the landlord is a housing association they are not eligible for the discretionary DFG top up. Strategic Housing has been approached to provide the top up of £40,000