Housing finance

In this section:

• Disabled facilities grant for a private property
  We offer grants to help people who have a disability adapt their home to make it easier for them to continue to live there or maintain their independence
• Housing benefit
  New claims, appeals and change of circumstances
• Paying your rent
  There are many convenient ways for you to pay your rent, including: online, in person, by post, over the phone, at any Post Office and at many shops and garages
• Improvements and repairs
  What to do if repairs or improvement works are needed to your home
• Mortgage rescue schemes
  Detail of the Government mortgage rescue scheme and the HomeSave Plus mortgage rescue scheme
• Rent setting
  We may alter the rent after the tenant has been given four weeks written notice (usually once a year). The notice will say what change we are going to make and the date on which the change will happen