Housing facilities
What is it?
If you are unable to use your home normally due to illness, disability, or old age, the municipality can help you. For example, by improving the accessibility, access, and use of your home. This assistance from the municipality is called a housing facility.
How does it work?
The type of assistance provided by the municipality depends on what is the best solution for you. First, the municipality will assess whether you can solve the problem yourself. This could be with the help of family, housemates, friends, or acquaintances. The municipality will also assess whether a general assistance service would be helpful to you.
If these options do not apply to you, the municipality can provide you with individual assistance. For example, in the form of:
- modifications to your home
- a sum of money to move to another home
- a sum of money so that you can pay for home modifications yourself
- a device for your home, such as a patient lift
The municipality may ask you to contribute to the costs. The CAK ( ) determines the amount of the contribution based on your income, assets, and any other benefits you receive.
What should I do?
- You contact the municipality's Wmo desk.
- You discuss your situation with the municipality.
- You indicate where you need help.
- Following this conversation, an investigation will be conducted. If the outcome of this investigation is that residential care is indeed the best solution for you, you can submit an application for this to the municipality.
How long will it take?
- After you have reported to the municipality, the council has six weeks to investigate.
- You will receive a report detailing the results of the investigation and the solution that the municipality wishes to offer you.
- You can then submit an application. You will receive a response within two weeks of submitting your application.