Domestic Abuse: Mortgages
Commons · Question 15124 · Tabled 19 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by James MacCleary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent joint mortgages being used as a method of financial abuse.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 25 Nov 2024
The Government recognises the devastating impact financial and economic abuse can have on victims, which extends far beyond the impact to their finances and includes the use of joint mortgages to control or exploit victims.We continue to work closely with...