Are there any mortgage schemes for people with low incomes?

My mother wants to sell her current house ( she has a terrible mortgage deal) and buy a new one, but at the age of 57 and on a very low income she will not exactly bode well with banks. I was enquiring to see if there were any mortgage schemes designed at helping slightly elderly persons in attaining a house. I saw that the Uk government had launched the first buy scheme but unfortunately my mother is too old to apply for this.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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Moartgages