First Home Owner Grant

​​​​​​​​​​A first home owner grant is available to eligible applicants who purchase or build a new home in Tasmania from 1 July 2016​​A new home is a home that has not previously been occupied or sold as a place of residence and includes kit homes.​ 

The amount of the grant is determined by the date that the eligible transaction​ commenced:

  • Transactions commencing from 1 July 2024 will be eligible for $10 000.
  • Transactions that commenced between 1 April 2021 and 30 June 2024 will be eligible for $30 000.
  • Transactions that commenced between 1 July 2016 and 31 March 2021 will be eligible for $20 000​.

Eligibility


To apply for the grant you must meet all relevant eligibility requirements.​


When you apply for the grant your application must include all owners on title (the applicants). All applicants must comply with the applicant eligibility criteria. 

The applicant(s) must:​

  • ​be a natural person (not a company or trust);
  • be 18 years old or over;​
  • be an Australian citizen or perm​anent resident (if more than one applicant only one applicant is required to be an ​Australia citizen or permanent residence); and
  • occupy the home as their principal place of residence for a continuous period of at least six months commencing within 12 months of completion of an eligible transaction​.
Applicant(s) are not eligible as first home owners, if they (or their spouse*) have: 
  • ​owned a residential property in Australia before 1 July 2000;
  • owned and occupied a residential property for more than six months in Australia after 1 July 2000; or
  • received the first home owner grant before. 
* ​A spouse includes someone to whom you are legally married or are in a significant relationship with. For the definition of a significant relationship refer to the Relationships Act 2003 ​​legislation.

For all applicants for FHOG, your application must relate to a new home. This means, a home that has not previously been used or sold as a principal residence. 


To qualify for the higher, additional FHOG payments, the following building requirements must also be satisfied. These criteria do not apply for contracts entered on or after 1 July 2024.​
  
Between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2024 (inclusive) you must have:
  • entered into a contract to build your new home (comprehensive building contract)​; or
  • commenced l​aying​ the foundations for your home as an owner builder​; or
  • entered into a contract to buy an "off the plan" or new dwelling (being a dwelling that has not previously been occupied or sold as a place of residence). 
  The building must be completed within 24 months of:
  •  entering into the contract to build (comprehensive building contract​); or
  •  laying the foundations for an owner builder.

  The building is classified as complete at the issue date of the occupancy certificate.
 

  Movable buildings
If a moveable building (a building that is fixed to land, not a caravan or mobile home) ​is being purchased, the applicant is classified as an owner builder. ​ 

  • the commencement date is taken to be the date of the contract to purchase the new moveable building; and
  • the building must be new (that is, a building that has not previously been used as a place of residence). 

Refer to the eligible transaction requirements​ that apply to your circumstance.

First home owner grant statistics for Tasmania are available from 2014-15.
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If you have any queries in relation to the first home owner grant, refer to the First Home Owner Grant Guideline, legislation​ or email us​​. ​ 
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