Part I Grants, &c. for renewal of private sector housing

C1C2 Chapter I The main grants

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. I Ch. I (ss. 1-59) excluded (17.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2890, reg. 3(1)

C2

Pt. I Ch. I modified (temp.) (E.) (coming into force in accordance with regs. 1(2)-(4), 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Disabled Peoples Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2862), reg. 23, Sch. 2 (with reg. 22)

Introductory

1 Grants for improvements and repairs, &c.

1

Grants are available from local housing authorities in accordance with this Chapter towards the cost of works required for—

a

F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b

F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c

the provision of facilities for disabled persons

F2i

in dwellings, qualifying houseboats and F5caravans, and

ii

in the common parts of buildings containing one or more flats.

2

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

In the following provisions of this Chapter the expression “grant”F4means a grant under subsection (1) above.

I12 Applications for grants.

1

No grant shall be paid unless an application for it is made to the local housing authority in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and is approved by them.

2

An application for a grant shall be in writing and shall specify the premises to which it relates and contain—

a

particulars of the works in respect of which the grant is sought (in this Chapter referred to as the “relevant works”);

b

unless the local housing authority otherwise direct in any particular case, at least two estimates from different contractors of the cost of carrying out the relevant works;

c

particulars of any preliminary or ancillary services and charges in respect of the cost of which the grant is also sought; and

d

such other particulars as may be prescribed.

3

In this Chapter “preliminary or ancillary services and charges”, in relation to an application for a grant, means services and charges which—

a

relate to the application and the preparation for and the carrying out of works, and

b

are specified for the purposes of this subsection by order of the Secretary of State.

4

The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe a form of application for a grant and an application for a grant to which any such regulations apply is not validly made unless it is in the prescribed form.