Issue - meetings

The Committee considered a report which set out a proposal for reviewing the process for securing Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) and Home Repair Assistance Loans (Lifetime Loans) paid to residents for works or adaptations to their homes.

Officers explained that the present system, which was unduly onerous for customers and Officers, had been adopted in 2009 as a result of a recommendation in an internal audit report. Officers were now recommending that the registration of any charge on the Local Land Charges Register was a more than adequate means of securing the Council’s financial position.

RECOMMENDED that

repayment of Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance Lifetime Loans should be secured by means of registration on the Local Land Charges Register.