Answers to Frequently Asked Questions What are the eligibility criteria?
• The applicant must be a ‘natural person’, ie not a company or trust, and at least 18 years of age; and • An applicant (or at least one of the applicants) must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident; and • None of the applicants or applicant’s spouse/partner can have previously received the grant; and • None of the applicants or applicant’s spouse/partner can have previously owned a home, either jointly or separately, or with another person before 1 July 2000; and • None of the applicants or applicant’s spouse/partner can have owned and occupied a residential property either jointly, separately or with some other person on or after 1 July 2000; and • The contract for the purchase or construction of a home must be signed on or after 1 July 2000, or in the case of an owner builder, construction must not have commenced until on or after 1 July 2000. • Applicants must occupy the home purchased or built, as their principal place of residence for a continuous period of 6 months comm
