No, neither the costs nor the interest is deductible. A reverse mortgage is now treated as a home equity line of credit which is also not deductible.
"Any interest (including original issue discount) accrued on a reverse mortgage is considered home equity debt and isn’t deductible." https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p936.pdf
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