There are six types of grants.
Grant for roof replacement ireland.
For more information about this government grant for roof replacement interested individuals should contact the program s help desk.
Belfast city council is managing the licence scheme on behalf of all councils in northern ireland.
If the cost of the work including vat is less than the maximum grant amount you will get a grant for the actual cost of the work.
The grant is paid in the form of a tax credit at 13 5 of qualifying expenditure.
The credit is set against your income tax over 2 years.
Local authority loans are available to owner occupiers towards the cost of necessary works to improve repair or extend their houses.
The maximum grant.
Housing for older people schemes and grants for housing and home improvements for older people and people with disabilities.
Three of them are covered here as they are particularly relevant.
Renovation replacement and repair grants are only available in exceptional circumstances to homeowners.
Homeowners can get repair and improvement grants from the housing executive in certain circumstances.
This includes our triple glazed windows doors roofline fascia soffit flat roofing attic insulation and popular conservatory tiled roofs.
Householders with a medical card may be eligible for thatching grants up to a maximum of 6 350 euro or 8 253 euro in the case of houses on the offshore.
There is government help with roof repairs and replacement available through nonprofits and local governments and limited help for those in disaster areas.
How do i claim.
Federal grants to repair or replace a roof are available to a limited group of people mostly older people and those with very low incomes.
Read further information on the houses in multiple occupation act northern ireland 2016.
The repair grant is available to aid in the repair of houses following the issue of certain statutory notices by the local council.
Grants are paid after the work is completed and you have paid your contractor.
Applications are open to the disabled facilities grant scheme and mandatory repair grants scheme.
The housing preservation grant.
The others are the repairs grant the replacement grant and the houses in multiple occupation grant.
A higher level of assistance of up to 5 714 euro is available for houses on specified offshore islands.
Applications received from specific offshore islands are eligible for 50 additional grant support.
A grant of two thirds of the approved cost up to a maximum of 3 810 euro is available.
The home improvements grants scheme is administered by the northern ireland housing executive but applies to owner occupiers.
Some councils seem to exclude door and window replacement from their grant schemes but it may be worth applying and appealing if you get refused it is a means tested grant.
The replacement of windows or doors will be considered on a case by case basis and only those considered essential will be replaced under the scheme.