Housing and adapting the home
Identify whether the issue concerns access, an adjustment, equipment, adaptation or funding.
Keep the relevant UK context with these pages
These choices only add context to the shareable page address. All sections remain in the delivered HTML, and no choice is an eligibility, entitlement or personalised-advice result.
No preference has been applied. The full page remains visible.
Housing rights and adaptation funding are different questions
A discrimination or reasonable-adjustment issue is not the same as eligibility for equipment, a grant or social-care support.
Important limit: Tenure, landlord type, nation, local policy and the requested change can alter the route.
Sources and review information
Status: Owner released - source checked
Evidence check: Mapped to checked master-register claims
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Review trigger: Recheck quarterly, immediately before release, and when an official source changes
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Corrections: Use the site correction route without including personal health information.
- Great Britain disability housing rights — GOV.UK. Disability rights: housing.
- ECNI disability discrimination — Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Disability discrimination.
- Disabled Facilities Grants — GOV.UK. Disabled Facilities Grants.
- Scotland home equipment and adaptations — mygov.scot. Care equipment and adapting your home.
- Wales home adaptations — Welsh Government. Adapt your home if you are disabled or an older person.
- NI home adaptations and equipment — nidirect. Your home, adaptations and equipment.
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Correction route: Report changed or inaccurate information without including personal health information.
Start major adaptations through the nation-specific assessment route
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland use different combinations of councils, Trusts, housing services, occupational therapy and grant support.
Important limit: An assessment does not guarantee funding, a particular adaptation or free ongoing support.
Sources and review information
Status: Owner released - source checked
Evidence check: Mapped to checked master-register claims
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Review trigger: Recheck quarterly, immediately before release, and when an official source changes
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Corrections: Use the site correction route without including personal health information.
- Disabled Facilities Grants — GOV.UK. Disabled Facilities Grants.
- Scotland home equipment and adaptations — mygov.scot. Care equipment and adapting your home.
- Wales home adaptations — Welsh Government. Adapt your home if you are disabled or an older person.
- NI home adaptations and equipment — nidirect. Your home, adaptations and equipment.
- England care-needs assessment — NHS. Getting a care needs assessment.
- Scotland care-needs assessment — Care Information Scotland. Assessment of your care needs.
- Wales care and support assessment code — Welsh Government. Assessing care and support needs of individuals: code of practice.
- NI health and social-care assessment — nidirect. Arranging health and social care.
Prepare an adaptation conversation
Record the task that is difficult, the safety or independence impact, what has been tried, the proposed outcome and who owns the next assessment.
Important limit: The worksheet does not recommend building work or determine clinical need.
Sources and review information
Status: Owner released - source checked
Evidence check: Mapped to checked master-register claims
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Review trigger: Recheck quarterly, immediately before release, and when an official source changes
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Corrections: Use the site correction route without including personal health information.
- Disabled Facilities Grants — GOV.UK. Disabled Facilities Grants.
- Scotland home equipment and adaptations — mygov.scot. Care equipment and adapting your home.
- Wales home adaptations — Welsh Government. Adapt your home if you are disabled or an older person.
- NI home adaptations and equipment — nidirect. Your home, adaptations and equipment.
- England care-needs assessment — NHS. Getting a care needs assessment.
- Scotland care-needs assessment — Care Information Scotland. Assessment of your care needs.
- Wales care and support assessment code — Welsh Government. Assessing care and support needs of individuals: code of practice.
- NI health and social-care assessment — nidirect. Arranging health and social care.