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Adapting your home

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Your home may not be suitable for you if you are elderly or disabled and can't get around the property or use all the facilities. You may be able to get adaptations done to solve this problem - grants are available to pay for these adaptations, depending on your circumstances. This section also looks at your options if it isn't possible to adapt your home satisfactorily.

Starting adaptations

This page looks at how you can work out what kind of adaptations you'd benefit from, how you can get help paying for adaptations and what you can do if it isn't possible to adapt your home. Read more

Adaptations in council housing

This page looks at what you need to do if you have a Scottish secure tenancy (SST) or short Scottish secure tenancy (SSST) and you need to carry out adaptations to make your home more suitable for your needs. Read more

Adaptations in private rented homes

If you rent your home from a private landlord, you will need to ask their permission to make adaptations. However, your landlord cannot refuse consent unreasonably. This is a new rule introduced in December 2006 and applies to most private tenancies. Read more