Home Buyer Assistance

Click here for the Home Buyer Assistance factsheet, or visit the ACT Revenue Website at Home Buyer Assistance.

The ACT Government offers a range of assistance to prospective home buyers in the ACT.

1. First Home Owner Grant (FHOG)
2. Home Buyer Concession Scheme
3. Pensioner Duty Concession Scheme
4. Deferral of Duty Scheme
5. Affordable House and Land Packages, including OwnPlace
6. Land Rent

For more information on the home buyer concession schemes, and to find out whether you are eligible, contact the ACT Revenue Office on 6207 0028 or visit the website at www.revenue.act.gov.au.

FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT (FHOG) First Home Owner Grant

Are you a first home buyer?  The FHOG scheme was introduced on 1 July 2000 and provides a grant of up to $7,000 to first home buyers to purchase their first home.  For more information, visit: http://www.revenue.act.gov.au/home_buyer_assistance/first_home_owner_grant

HOME BUYER CONCESSION SCHEME (HBCS) Home Buyer Concession

Is your annual income less than $120,000?  You may be eligible for the HBCS which is an ACT Government initiative to assist persons in purchasing a residential home or residential vacant land by charging duty at a concessional rate.   For more information, visit: http://www.revenue.act.gov.au/home_buyer_assistance/home_buyer_duty_concession

PENSIONER DUTY CONCESSION SCHEME (PDCS) Pensioner Duty Concession Scheme

Are you a pensioner wishing to move to more appropriate housing?  The PDCS is to assist eligible pensioners who own property to move, for example from a house to a townhouse, by charging duty at a concessional rate when they purchase a residential home or residential vacant land.  For more information, visit: http://www.revenue.act.gov.au/home_buyer_assistance/pensioner_duty_concession

DEFERRAL OF DUTY SCHEME Deferred Duty Scheme

Are you eligible to defer payment of the duty?  You can defer the payment of duty if you are eligible for the FHOG or the HBCS and purchase a property priced at or below the relevant HBCS upper property threshold.  For more information, visit: http://www.revenue.act.gov.au/home_buyer_assistance/deferred_duty

AFFORDABLE HOUSE AND LAND PACKAGES INCLUDING “OWNPLACE” Affordable House and Land Packages

Are you looking to buy an Affordable House and Land Package?  In order to enable an exciting new range of affordable housing options, the ACT Government requires 20 per cent of new housing in new estates to be under $328,000.

For more information, visit http://www.lda.gov.au/?/ownplace