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Brits who are on a low income will be able to use housing benefits to pay off their mortgage under the government's latest plan. Boris Johnson is extending the right to buy scheme which will provide more people with a way onto the property ladder.
The Prime Minister unveiled the plans during a speech in Blackpool today (June 9) which came after he survived the Tory MP's no confidence vote earlier this week.
Housing benefits, which cost the Government around £30 billion a year, cannot currently be declared as income or used towards a mortgage. So now, instead of taxpayers' money going to private landlords or housing association, the new rules will allow lower-paid workers to put their benefits towards a mortgage.
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The right to buy scheme will also help tenants of social housing by giving them the opportunity to buy the home they live in at a discounted rate.
But as people have already begun to point out flaws in the new plan, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the risk of extending mortgages to lower-income individuals had been considered.
“We are aware of any risk and are making sure we are aware of the lessons we were right to have learned from the housing bubble, that’s something that’s been at the forefront of mind in developing this policy,” he said.
“We know these are individuals who are working hard but are in receipt of UC because of having low earnings are able to steadily pay rent and, therefore, would be able to pay mortgage payments.”
Downing Street said the move to allow housing benefits to pay for mortgages would effectively 'discount savings into ISAs' from the Universal Credit eligibility
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Boris Johnson has won the confidence of fellow Conservative MPs this evening and will remain in power as the Prime Minister of the UK. The PM learned his fate when the result was publicly announced by Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the Conservatives’ 1922 Committee at 9pm this evening (June 6).
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