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Department of Health Extra Care Housing Fund: bidding guidance 2008-2010

A capital grant of £80 million has been made available by the Department of Health to provide funding for the development of Extra Care Housing.  The grant will be allocated during 2008-2010; £40 million in 2008-2009 and £40 million in 2009-2010. Local Authority Letter (LASSL(DH)(2007)2) of 10 December 2007, which sets out the specific revenue and capital grant allocations for adults’ personal social services, announced  that the Extra Care Housing (ECH) Grant would be allocated to ECH schemes through a bidding process.  

This guidance is intended to advise local authorities with adult social care responsibilities and their partners on the preparation of bids for the Extra Care Housing Fund for 2008-2010. 

• Download bidding guidance 2008-2010 (PDF, 118K)
• Download bidding form 2008-2010 (XLS, 20K)