This version has been prepared to reflect the case where a local authority contracts with a care home and is deferring charging fees. A deferred payment agreement is an arrangement with your council that lets you use your home's value to cover care home costs.A Deferred Payment Agreement (DPA) is an agreement between you and your local authority that you will agree to a charge being placed on your home. The Council's Deferred Payment Agreement Scheme effectively offers you a loan using your home as security. A Deferred Payment Agreement is an arrangement with the local council that lets people use the value of their homes to help pay care home costs. A Deferred Payment Agreement is a legally binding agreement between you and us. We will defer some of your care costs against the value of your property. A deferred payment agreement (DPA) is an agreement with us which could help you to use the value of your home to fund residential care costs.