PART XVGRANTS FOR WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR AND CONVERSION

Special grants

487Special grants not within s. 486 are discretionary.

1

To the extent that the application does not fall within section 486 (mandatory grants for works required by notice under Part XI) the local housing authority may approve an application for a special grant in such circumstances as they think fit.

2

Subsection (1) has effect subject to the following provisions (which restrict the cases in which applications may be approved)—

  • section 463(2) (person who proposes to acquire but has not yet acquired an owner’s interest),

  • section 465 (works already begun), and

  • section 485 (standard of repair to be attained).