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Mortgage Rescue Scheme  {19 Dec 2011} shimAdd News56 to Scrapbook
Mortgage Rescue Scheme
£86m is available during 2011/12 for the Mortgage Rescue Scheme (MRS), the most recent slice of £16m of the overall total amount was recently released. All local authorities are encouraged to work with registered housing providers to ensure vulnerable homeowners at risk of repossession are encouraged to take-up support available from the MRS. 820 households were helped via MRS from April - September 2011. A further £86m is anticipated to made available for 2012/13.

Click on the link to view a breakdown of MRS figures
http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/sites/default/files/aboutus/mortgage-rescue-completions-nov11.csv

Click on the link for more details about MRS
http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/mortgage_rescue_guidance

Support for Mortgage Interest
The DWP has issued a call for evidence on the future of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) payments, this benefit is paid to claimants who are homeowners. During the past year SMI payments amounted to £400m.

Click on the link below for DWP's the press notice
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/newsroom/press-releases/2011/dec-2011/dwp138-11.shtml

Click on the link below to read DWP's report calling for evidence
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/support-for-mortgage-interest-call-for-evidence.pdf

click on the link below to read the DWP's impact assessment on making changing to SMI
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/support-for-mortgage-interest-call-for-evidence-ia.pdf
DASH Presentation from the EMRHF Workshop 15/12/11   {15 Dec 2011} shimAdd News55 to Scrapbook
Preventing Homelessness - the Role of the Private Rented Sector in the East Midlands
The Homelessness Monitor  {12 Sep 2011} shimAdd News54 to Scrapbook
Tracking the Impacts of Policy and Economic Change in England 2011 - 2013