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Home Ownership schemes: information for advisers

What help is there for home owners in financial difficulty? And how do the various alternatives fit together?

The Scottish and UK Governments held events around the country in the summer of 2009 for advice agencies explaining what help is available for home owners in financial difficulty and how the various options connect. You can watch videos of these presentations below.

Presentations

The role of the lender

Kennedy Foster, The Council of Mortgage Lenders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5XO3LthOc

Support for Mortgage Interest/The Home Owners' Mortgage Support scheme [Part One]

Carolyn Howell, Communities and Local Government secondee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chKri2NtaKk

Support for Mortgage Interest/The Home Owners' Mortgage Support scheme [Part Two]

Carolyn Howell, Communities and Local Government secondee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUcNkMxsEDM

The Home Owners' Support Fund (the Mortgage to Rent and Mortgage to Shared Equity schemes

Keith McDowell, The Scottish Government

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7nY3zCpoiM

Access to legal advice [Part One]

Hazel Thoms and Joe Kelly, Scottish Legal Aid Board

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_8Sdr4lYh4

Access to legal advice [Part Two]

Hazel Thoms and Joe Kelly, Scottish Legal Aid Board

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIGqO1TsZMs

Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act 2001 and recommendations from the Repossessions Group report

Adrian Stalker, Advocate and Chair of The Scottish Government Repossessions Group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7PWuatetJ8



Page updated: Monday, October 5, 2009