If you are on a low income, you might be eligible to receive financial help to improve your home’s safety, security or energy efficiency.

This ‘special purpose assistance’ is available to owner-occupiers. It is also available to tenants where the work is not the responsibility of the landlord.

You can use it to help pay for essential home repairs, minor works or other interventions. These might include:

• rewiring
• reroofing
• replacing windows, doors or fences
• improving your kitchen or bathroom
• replacing your boiler

In some cases, some of the grant will be offered as a loan to be repaid when you sell the property. This depends on the amount of the grant.

The grants are administered by the Cambridgeshire Home Improvement Agency (Cambs HIA).

Contact Cambs HIA to request an application form. They might also be able to arrange for the work to be carried out.

Our Housing Adaptations, Repairs and Renewals Policy explains in more detail, including eligibility and conditions.