Money for parents on a low income

An adviser at your local Jobcentre Plus office will be able to talk to you about what you can expect, but as a guide:

• If you took out your mortgage before 2 October 1995, you won’t qualify for help for eight weeks. You’ll then get half the allowable interest for the next 18 weeks and all the allowable interest after that.
• If you took out your mortgage on or after 2 October 1995, you won’t qualify for help for 39 weeks, you’ll then receive all the allowable interest from the 40th week of your claim.
• If you claim benefit because of the death of your partner, or because your partner has left you and you have at least one child under 16, you will be treated as if you took out your mortgage before 2 October 1995 (see above).