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Durkan: Mortgage support scheme crucial to help families

written by cassoscoop August 8, 2022
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SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan

SDLP Communities Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has said a mortgage support scheme must be introduced to help families deal with the threat of recession.

It comes after the Bank of England announced interest rates are set to rise, placing the North and Britain on the brink of a recession.

Mr Durkan has repeatedly called for a mortgage rescue and support scheme to be implemented during the coronavirus pandemic and cost of living crisis.

Said the Foyle MLA: “Following the announcement by the Bank of England yesterday the scale of the challenge facing families right across the North could not be starker.

“In the coming months people who are already struggling to get by are going to see their mortgage payments rise by hundreds of pounds and many people are not going to be able to make these payments.

“Over the past two years I have repeatedly petitioned both the Finance and Communities Ministers to implement a mortgage support scheme to help people who are under serious pressure.

“I raised it during the pandemic, when the cost of living crisis began to bite and now we are on the verge of a recession and still no action has been taken.

“I appreciate the DUP are preventing Stormont from functioning, but Ministers had ample opportunity to address this issue when the institutions were up and running and again people have been let down.

“Unless people are given help and support to deal with the current emergency then the consequences for society will be severe.

“People will miss mortgage payments and lose their homes and where will they go?

“They will be added to a housing waiting list which at last count had over 40,000 applicants, leading to homelessness, the breakup of families and all the associated problems that will bring around mental health and addiction.

“We still have caretaker Ministers in place and the public deserve better than what they’ve been getting from them over the past few months.

“We are facing a real crisis and Ministers cannot sit on their hands and shrug when people need help.”

Durkan: Mortgage support scheme crucial to help families was last modified: August 8th, 2022 by cassoscoop

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BANK OF ENGLANDcost of living crisisdupDurkan: Mortgage support scheme crucial to help familiesFinance and Communities MinistersFOYLE MLAhousing waiting listMark H DurkanSDLP Communities SpokespersonSinn Fein
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