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Housing and Loan Fund

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The application process

Ministers making application within five years of retirement, upon their application being approved, will be given a fairly firm commitment that either a house will be made available for renting or a house purchase loan will be offered. Only within nine months of a minister's intended retiral date will the trustees initiate steps to find a suitable house or only within one year of that date will a loan be advanced.

It is helpful to have initial applications submitted about 10 years prior to retirement when a minister may be given, without any commitment, a place on the preliminary application list. Enquiries and applications are dealt with in the strictest confidence.

Donations and legacies over the years have been significant in building up this Housing and Loan Fund and the backbone has been provided by congregational contributions.

Summary of guidance notes

You can download a summary of the guidance notes in Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] or text only [.txt] formats here.

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