Home improvements

The private sector grants service helps vulnerable residents who are elderly or disabled to:

  • Adapt
  • Repair
  • Improve
  • Maintain their homes

The team can also help with home improvements to:

  • Prevent hospital admission
  • Support discharge from hospital

Apply for a disabled facilities grant

You may be eligible for a disabled facilities grant (DFG) to help with the cost of making adaptations to your home.

Watch this Essex County Council video to find out what you need to know.

Financial assistance

Read our housing assistance policy to find the types of financial assistance available to residents.

Housing assistance policy (pdf 527KB)

Contact us if you would like to find out more:

Save energy in your home

If you own a property you can get recommendations for home improvements that could make your property cheaper to heat and keep warm. For each recommendation you can see:

  • An estimated cost of making the improvement
  • How much you could save on your bills
  • Next steps if you want to make the improvement

Find out more about this service, including phone support if you do not feel confident using a computer or mobile device or do not have internet access.

Handyperson service

We are not operating a handyperson scheme at the current time.

Residents in privately owned accommodation in need of this kind of assistance should contact Voluntary Action Epping Forest on 01992 564256.

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