Chapter 7
Help with a mortgage
[ch 7: pages 70-71]Help with mortgage interest payments and loans for some repairs and home improvements, called Support for Mortgage Interest, changed from being a benefit to a loan on 6 April 2018. You can only claim it if you are out of work or of pension age, and you usually need to be claiming one of the following benefits:
• Income Support;
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA);
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA);
• Pension Credit; or
• UC.