Inclusion, Equality and Social Welfare

The Rehabilitation of Vacant Dwellings for Rental Scheme is an initiative intended to encourage private owners to invest in the rehabilitation of unoccupied, substandard residential dwellings and lease them to the Authority to accommodate social housing applicants.

The reporting form will be an enhanced and easy to use online tool accessible to anyone on the Housing Authority website, to report an irregularity for any government leased property, Nikru biex Nassistu (10-year lease properties) and for private property market leases. 

The SensAbility Scheme provides financial assistance of up to €6,000 to support the setting up of a sensory room for individuals with sensory challenges, such as autism or sensory overload. Eligibility requires tailored recommendations from an occupational therapist engaged by the applicant, outlining the set-up and equipment that best meet the individual’s needs. Applications may be submitted by the interested person’s relative or legal representative.

This Scheme is to encourage residents of apartments/terraced houses and maisonettes owned by the Housing Authority and the Government Property Department to become owner occupiers and continue using the property as their ordinary residence.

The aim of the scheme is to provide subsidies to assist certain tenants/emphyteuta in carrying out works related to dangerous structures and to render these residential premises leased to them prior 1st June 1995 habitable and of an acceptable standard.