Article 4 Appropriate percentage for special grants
Subject to paragraph (3), in relation to an application for special grant in respect of a house in multiple occupation in relation to which the local housing authority have served a notice under section 352 or 366 of the Housing Act 1985, where the relevant works consist of works specified in that notice and which relate to the provision of standard amenities or the provision of means of escape from fire, the appropriate percentage is 20 per cent.
Subject to paragraph (3), in relation to an application for special grant to which paragraph (1) does not apply, the appropriate percentage shall be 75 per cent., unless it appears to the local housing authority that the amenities provided exceed the provision that they consider to be necessary to make the house in multiple occupation reasonably suitable for occupation by the number of individuals or households for the time being occupying it, and the works do not include means of escape from fire, in which case the appropriate percentage shall be—
65 per cent., where the premises in respect of which the application is made are in a general improvement area, or
50 per cent., in any other case.
In relation to an application for special grant, where it appears to the local housing authority that the applicant would not without undue hardship be able to finance so much of the cost of the relevant works as is not met by the grant—
if apart from this paragraph the appropriate percentage would be 75 per cent. or 20 per cent., it shall instead be 90 per cent., and
if apart from this paragraph the appropriate percentage would be 50 per cent., it shall instead be 65 per cent.