Help! Can i claim Housing Benefit for interest-only mortgage?

[allgonebellyup]

Have post this in Legal/Money section too.

Need help as my ex who was paying the mortgage has decided to stop and we dont want to lose our home! i dont work yet and so cant pay it myself, though i hope to in a couple of years.
We took the mortgage out nearly 2yrs ago and it was for £150K.

Am i entitled to any help? Have heard you must be on IS for 6 months first..

[Rosasmum]

Hi, unfortunately you don't get any help with mortgage payments until you have been receiving IS for almost 10 months. It is one of many things wrong with the system