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.The Council's Deferred Payment Agreement Scheme effectively offers you a loan using your home as security. You may rent your property while having a deferred payment agreement as long as you use any rental income to pay towards your care home fees. A deferred payment agreement is an agreement between you and the council. It defines the portion of your care home fees to be deferred. 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 an arrangement with us that will allow some people to use the value of their homes to fund residential care home costs. By entering into a deferred payment agreement, a person can 'defer' or delay paying the costs of their care and support until a later date.