Background and Overview Part 6 – Grants for Improvement, Repairs Etc. Section 102: Improvement grants: the tolerable standard and standard amenities
157.This section amends section 86(1) of the 1987 Act to extend the tolerable standard to include a suitably located shower or bath and a wash-hand basin. Section 244 of the 1987 Act is amended so that the standard amenities for the purposes of that section are defined by reference to particular amenities listed in the definition of the tolerable standard.