Welfare Rights Worker, Contact a Family, Glasgow Member since 16th Sep 2005
RE: Mortgage Interest payments Fri 23-Apr-10 08:36 AM
Hi Robb
The q and a was issued by the DWP when they brought in the new housing costs rules in January 2009. See Rightsnet news story at http://tinyurl.com/2djhg5o with link to q and a at bottom.
The new housing cost rules were themselves amended in January 2010 to correct "unintended consequences" e.g. to allow claimants who didn't qualify for a relevant benefit until housing costs were included in their applicable amount to benefit from the more generous provisions. See Rightsnet news story at http://tinyurl.com/2cee32h.
You may also be interested in the following article which appeared in the welfare rights bulletin - http://tinyurl.com/27y44c2