Research into Support for Mortgage Interest Claimants in Retirement

Research to investigate why people are increasingly taking mortgages into retirement and claiming Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI). The research aims to understand why people are taking their mortgages into retirement and why they are claiming SMI in doing so. SMI is a payment that helps homeowners on some income related benefits with interest payments on their mortgage or loans that they have taken out for certain repairs and improvements. SMI is paid as part of the benefit and is normally paid direct to the le...