Support scheme helps first client

Meanwhile a Norfolk family is one of the first to benefit from the homeowner’s mortgage support scheme. Ms Whitford fell more than £4,000 behind on her mortgage after she gave up her job, and now the family’s home has been bought by a housing association and is being rented back to the family. The housing association, Orbit First Step, is currently assessing 21 homeowners in the area to see if they quality for help, and has pledged £5 million during the next two years to the scheme.