Mortgage Interest Run On

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1. Overview

Mortgage Interest Run On is extra money you can get towards your housing costs if certain other benefits are stopping because you鈥檙e:

  • returning to work full-time
  • working more hours
  • earning more money

You can get this help for 4 weeks.

2. What you'll get

If you鈥檙e eligible and were getting Support for Mortgage Interest before your work situation changed, you鈥檒l usually continue to get the same amount as you were getting before your benefits stopped.

Payments for your mortgage or loan interest will be paid direct to you instead of to your lender.

3. Eligibility

You can claim Mortgage Interest Run On if you鈥檝e stopped getting income-based Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance, Income Support or income-related Employment and Support Allowance because you鈥檙e:

  • returning to work full-time
  • working more hours
  • earning more money

All of the following must also apply:

  • you鈥檝e been claiming the benefit continuously for at least 26 weeks
  • you expect the work (or more money) to last for 5 weeks or more
  • you were entitled to help with your聽housing costs聽before your work started and you鈥檒l still have these costs when you start work

4. How to claim

You don鈥檛 need to apply - you should get Mortgage Interest Run On automatically. You just need to let your office know as soon as you鈥檙e starting work.