Disability Funding

Criteria

• you are considered as having a disability under the Equality Act 2010
• you are a home (UK) student
• you received approval for additional requirements when you applied for accommodation and submitted medical evidence confirming that a particular room type is essential

How to apply for disability funding

Applications for 2025/26 are now open until 26 January 2026. Please contact the accommodation team to apply. 

New Students 

If you were approved for additional requirements when you applied for accommodation, you will have submitted a Supporting Evidence Form (PDF , 223kb). This form contains the necessary information for us to make a decision on your application.

Please email accommodation@york.ac.uk asking for your evidence form to be reviewed for a partial funding application. We will email you with an outcome of your application within 15 working days.

If you applied to the University through confirmation and clearing or as a new postgraduate student, please ask your medical practitioner (such as a GP or specialist) to complete the Supporting Evidence Form (PDF , 223kb). Once completed, please email the form to accommodation@york.ac.uk

Continuing students

If you have submitted a successful application for partial funding in a previous year, you can email us on accommodation@york.ac.uk and ask us to review your past application for the new academic year. 

If the status of your condition can vary, we may ask you to provide us with up to date information from your medical practitioner

If you started your course before the 2016/17 academic year and have received a Disabled Student's Allowance (DSA) towards your accommodation costs, you can continue to claim this funding from DSA.