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<p>Support for mortgage interest provides protection for home owners from the threat
of repossession. The new loan scheme will provide exactly the same level of support
and, thus, exactly the same level of protection against repossession. Claimants and
mortgage lenders will not see any difference in the payments they receive and so there
is no need to make any general transitional provisions.</p><p> </p><p>Some specific
transitional provisions have been put in place which will allow for existing benefit
payments to remain in place for a temporary period. These will apply if there are
administrative delays in migrating some claimants to the new scheme or where there
are difficulties in appointing someone to act on the claimant’s behalf.</p>
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