Local charity Housing Rights is urging older people who get help paying the interest on their mortgage (Support for Mortgage Interest SMI) to seek advice as they receive notification of the benefit changing to a loan.
The Department for Communities will be sending out letters notifying older people about the change this weekend. Claimants will also be contacted by phone in the coming weeks in advance of the benefit ending.
Ursula Toner, Advice Services Manager with Housing Rights said:
