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Private sector housing improvement and repair grants
Historically, the total amount approved 1 by councils for private sector housing improvement and repair grants peaked at over £100 million per year during the late 1980s. Improvements for adaptations for the disabled only accounted for a small proportion of this at that time (2%).
Over the course of the last two decades, the amount approved for grants for disabled adaptations has risen from just over £2 million in 1987-88 to £20 million in 2007-08, and now represents 35% of the total amount approved for all work types in 2007-08 (£57.7 million) (Chart 16). The number of grants approved for disabled adaptations has similarly increased - from an average of 1,300 per year in the late 1980s to 5,500 in 2007-08.
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