Support for Mortgage Interest

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Support for Mortgage Interest is a UK government welfare benefit that helps certain income-related benefit claimants with the interest payments on their mortgage or home improvement loans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom welfare benefit ⓘ
housing cost support scheme ⓘ
administeredBy Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
benefitInteraction amount may be affected by applicable standard interest rate ⓘ
amount may depend on outstanding qualifying loan balance ⓘ
benefitType means-tested support ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
covers interest on qualifying home improvement loans ⓘ
interest on qualifying mortgage loans ⓘ
doesNotCover insurance premiums added to the mortgage ⓘ
repayment of mortgage capital ⓘ
service charges not classed as eligible housing costs ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion claimant has eligible mortgage or qualifying home loan ⓘ
claimant receives certain income-related benefits ⓘ
property is the claimant’s main home ⓘ
excludes most homeowners not on income-related benefits ⓘ
fundingSource UK central government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
interestRateBasis standard rate set by the UK government ⓘ
introducedAsLoanFrom April 2018 ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
legalBasis social security regulations made under UK social security legislation ⓘ
linkedBenefit Income Support ⓘ
Pension Credit ⓘ
Universal Credit ⓘ
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ
income-related Employment and Support Allowance ⓘ
payableAs loan ⓘ
paymentMethod usually paid direct to the lender ⓘ
policyArea housing ⓘ
social security ⓘ
previousForm non-repayable benefit before April 2018 ⓘ
purpose to help with interest on eligible home improvement loans ⓘ
to help with mortgage interest payments ⓘ
relatedConcept mortgage interest support ⓘ
relatedProgramme Universal Credit housing costs element ⓘ
linked to: Universal Credit
repaymentMethod repaid when the property is sold or transferred ⓘ
repaymentTrigger when claimant dies and estate is settled ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
securedAgainst claimant’s home ⓘ
shortName SMI ⓘ
targetGroup homeowners on qualifying income-related benefits ⓘ
low-income homeowners ⓘ
waitingPeriod applies before payments start ⓘ

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Cold Weather Payment → relatedTo → Support for Mortgage Interest ⓘ