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kelloggs36

And you should be able to get the interest paid on your mortgage by income support.

shell_542

kelloggs36 wrote: »

And you should be able to get the interest paid on your mortgage by income support.

That only starts after 13 weeks though doesn't it?

kelloggs36

It depends on the circumstances - if she has been abandoned it may be quicker - but it is better than nothing!

UnhappyofSuffolk

I was getting Working Tax Credit as working for 16 hours a week but in June was told that from July my hours were being cut to just 6 a week and also my ex was made redundent so child maintenance payments stopped. I put in a claim for Income Support at the beginning of July and got a letter saying that I was entitled to a one month run on of Working Tax Credit even though my hours were less that 16 a week, so that my claim for income suppport started in August. I got a letter saying that I could get my mortgage interest paid after 13 weeks. I expected this and my mortgage company said they would wait for this payment to start. I should have got it at the beginning of December but on Wednesday I got a letter from the Benefits agency which said that as I was getting money from Working Tax Credit at the beginning of my claim I could not get the mortgage interest for 39 weeks not 13 weeks as they previously stated. They also said that it is the current law that says payment for mortgage interest is paid after 39 weeks. I rang them straight away and the lady told me that this was a government loop hole to stop them paying out after 13 weeks. I have looked at all the web sites and they all say that the new rules say you can get it after 13 weeks. I have put in an appeal but dont hold out much hope. Has anyone else been told this?

DX2

UnhappyofSuffolk wrote: »

I was getting Working Tax Credit as working for 16 hours a week but in June was told that from July my hours were being cut to just 6 a week and also my ex was made redundent so child maintenance payments stopped. I put in a claim for Income Support at the beginning of July and got a letter saying that I was entitled to a one month run on of Working Tax Credit even though my hours were less that 16 a week, so that my claim for income suppport started in August. I got a letter saying that I could get my mortgage interest paid after 13 weeks. I expected this and my mortgage company said they would wait for this payment to start. I should have got it at the beginning of December but on Wednesday I got a letter from the Benefits agency which said that as I was getting money from Working Tax Credit at the beginning of my claim I could not get the mortgage interest for 39 weeks not 13 weeks as they previously stated. They also said that it is the current law that says payment for mortgage interest is paid after 39 weeks. I rang them straight away and the lady told me that this was a government loop hole to stop them paying out after 13 weeks. I have looked at all the web sites and they all say that the new rules say you can get it after 13 weeks. I have put in an appeal but dont hold out much hope. Has anyone else been told this?

You might be better posting this in the benefit section.