PART XVGRANTS FOR WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR AND CONVERSION

Main forms of grant assistance

460General description of the main grants.

1

The following grants are payable by local housing authorities in accordance with the following provisions of this Part—

  • improvement grants (sections 467 to 473),

  • intermediate grants (sections 474 to 482),

  • special grants (sections 483 to 490), and

  • repairs grants (sections 491 to 498);

and references in this Part to grants, without more, are to those grants.

2

The grants are payable towards the cost of works required for—

a

the provision of dwellings by the conversion of houses or other buildings,

b

the improvement of dwellings,

c

the repair of dwellings, and

d

the improvement of houses in multiple occupation.

3

The grants are not payable where the provision, improvement or repair is by—

  • a local authority,

  • a new town corporation, or

  • the Development Board for Rural Wales.