Calls to relaunch home grants for elderly

CORK County Council is poised to reopen housing adaptation grant applications for elderly and disabled people — despite not having enough cash to fund the schemes.

Calls to relaunch home grants for elderly

The local authority closed applications last October when it ran out of money.

At that stage, it had received 1,000 applications who needed €14.5 million of works such as installation of showers or stair lifts in their homes.

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