Assistance to persons providing housing for themselves and improving houses
Improvement Works in lieu of Local Authority Housing
This scheme allows a local authority to improve or extend privately owned accommodation for an approved applicant as an alternative to providing local authority housing.
Persons benefiting under this scheme are required to pay a weekly or
Monthly charge related to their means and the cost of the works
carried out on the house.
Tenant Purchase Scheme
A person who is a tenant of a local authority house for at least one year, may apply to purchase the house which (s)he has rented, either outright or by way of shared ownership. The price of the house will be the market value as determined by the local authority, less discount for years of tenancy.
The purchaser must fund the purchase by way of a mortgage/loan from a local authority or lending agency or from other resources. The valuation of the property may be contested, by the purchaser on production of a certificate from a certified valuer.