The Grants by Local Housing Authorities (Appropriate Percentage and Exchequer Contributions) Order 1988

Appropriate percentage for common parts grant

4.—(1) In a case to which article 3 does not apply, the appropriate percentage in relation to a special application for a common parts grant is: —

(a) in a case in which the building to which the application relates is situated in an area which, on the date on which the application is approved, is a general improvement area the sum of the following amounts —

(i) 75 per cent. in respect of the special works; and

(ii) 65 per cent. in respect of the remainder of the works, if any;

(b) in any other case, the sum of the following amounts —

(i) 75 per cent. in respect of the special works; and

(ii) 50 per cent. in respect of the remainder of the works, if any.

(2)  In this article —

“a special application for a common parts grant”means an application for such a grant where the relevant works consist of or include special works;

“special works”means works needed to meet a requirement of a disabled occupant of a flat in the building to which the application relates, arising from the particular disability from which he suffers.