1,500 homeowners a month seek state aid on mortgages

MORE than 1,500 applications for mortgage interest supplements are being lodged by struggling home owners every month, it has emerged.

As a result, community welfare officers administering the scheme for borrowers are being overstretched as demand for the state-paid mortgage assistance rises.

The number in receipt of Mortgage Interest Supplement has shot up by 260% since the height of the boom.