Assistance Scheme for Damage caused by the Exceptional Adverse Weather Conditions of January 2026

The information included in this page is meant to provide information about this incentive scheme, without prejudice to any provision in the respective scheme as published on the government gazzette.

The Assistance Scheme

This scheme is designed to deliver rapid yet controlled financial relief for verifiable, weather-induced damage, while ensuring fiscal discipline, accountability, and robust governance. It is expressly a mitigation and recovery measure, not an open-ended compensation exercise.

The scheme focuses on:

• Coastal towns and villages affected by abnormal sea rise and storm surge;
• Urban and residential areas impacted by fallen or displaced street vegetation and wind-driven external forces, resulting in vehicles, structural, façade, access, or safety-related damage.

The scheme will operate with:

• A maximum assistance cap of €5,000 per approved applicant;
• An overall funding envelope of €1,000,000 financed through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds collected from traffic infringement administrative fines.

Transport Malta will retain full authority and responsibility for the evaluation, validation, and approval of all applications.
Financial assistance will be issued with documents supported by time-stamped photographic evidence and professional verification where required, ensuring full traceability and responsible stewardship of funds.

Eligibility

Persons, businesses and voluntary organisations (NGOs) which sufferred damaged and require repairs related to the following types of damages shall be eligible for financial assistance under this scheme:

• Façade and external envelope damage including balconies, cladding and soffits.
• Street-level and access damage including doors, gates, ramps, retaining walls and pavements directly in front of the residence.
• Ancillary and safety-critical works including emergency stabilisation, temporary protection, electrical failures, collapsed boundary walls and damage caused by falling or uprooted public vegetation.
• Vehicles and Private Boats.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of damages which are potentially eligible for financial assistance:

• Vehicles not insured full comprehensive damaged by seawater, flooding, fire, falling trees or infrastructure.
• Private boats not insured full comprehensive damaged by the storm.
• Outdoor furniture belonging to establishments or households.
• Garage doors, external doors, apertures, balconies and related elements.
• Any damages caused to electrical systems, components, water or other source of communications.

Multiple works may be claimed under a single application if each item is independently evidenced.

Exclusions

Repairs related to damages falling within any of the following criteria shall be excluded from financial assistance under this scheme:

• Properties insured for the same damages unless proof of rejection or partial coverage is provided.
• Cosmetic works or pre-existing defects not directly attributable to the weather event.
• Public entities covered through alternative government funding mechanisms.

Damages to the following types of properties are excluded from eligibility for financial aid under this scheme:

• Fish farms.
• Bus stops.
• Solar panels.
• Billboards.
• Greenhouses.

In the case of damages, the repair costs of which are subject to financial assistance from another scheme with similar objectives, this scheme shall cover only the costs that are not covered by this other financial assistance, where applicable

How to Apply

Applications for a grant under this scheme must be submitted:

• by hand to any of Transport Malta’s offices in Ħal Lija, Paola or Gozo; or
• by post to SDIA Unit, Level 0, A3 Towers, Arcade Street, Paola, PLA1212;

Applications shall be submitted by not later than Friday 27th February 2026 by the owner of the damaged property, or by someone holding a power of attorney on behalf of the owner, by submitting application form TM01 with the supporting documents listed below, where applicable. The owner of the damaged property shall be considered as the ultimate applicant in terms of this scheme.

• A technical report confirming nature, causality and urgency prepared and signed by a professional in the type of repairs , as follows:
  • Structural damage in buildings: A warranted architect;
  • Damage in vehicles and private boats: A surveyor;
  • Electrical damage: An electrician with Licence A or, in the case of 3-phase installations, with licence B;
  • Damage in shaded and other structures which are not buildings: A warranted engineer.
• Photographic evidence including time-stamped images where possible.
• Detailed quotations with breakdown of repair works, materials and labour.
• Formal insurance declaration with supporting correspondence where applicable.
• An affidavit from a notary confirming that applicant is teh owner/tenant of the property.

Applications may be submitted by hand at Transport Malta’s 

Review Process

Applications will be reviewed by a Technical Evaluation Committee composed of legal, architectural and financial expertise.

Risk-based prioritisation will apply focusing on safety, primary residences and public risk.

Random audits will be conducted both to assess the veracity of applications for financial assistance and to confirm that any financial aid provided under this scheme is effectively used for the repairs claimed in the application.

False declarations will lead to recovery of funds and exclusion from future schemes.

Payment Process

Where an applicant qualifies for the grant, the grant shall be paid directly to the bank account indicated and held by the applicant. No cash payments shall be permitted.

The grant given to the applicant shall not be assessed as income for income tax purposes.

Payments shall be issued against invoices and not estimates.

Payments shall preferably post-completion, although requests for payments in tranches for urgent works may be considered.

Requests for Information

For more information you may contact Transport Malta:

• By email on [email protected]; or
• by phone on 21222203.

Page Last Updated: 06/02/2026