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This eligibility checklist is only a guide.

First Home Owner Grant (FHOG) Eligibility Checklist

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To find out whether or not you may be eligible for the First Home Owner Grant, please answer the following questions. Please note that a 'de facto partner' includes same sex partners.
1. Is this the first time each applicant and/or their spouse/de facto partner will receive a grant under the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 in any state or territory of Australia?

Yes

No

2. Is each applicant and their spouse/de facto partner a person who has never held a relevant interest in a residential property, either jointly, separately or with some other person, before 1 July 2000 in any state or territory of Australia?

 Note: Applicants are not eligible for a grant if they or their spouse/de facto partner have held a relevant interest in residential property prior to 1 July 2000, even if they have never occupied the property.

Yes

No

3. Is each applicant and their spouse/de facto partner a person who has never occupied a residential property in which they acquired a relevant interest on or after 1 July 2000 in any state or territory of Australia?

Yes

No

4. Is,

(a) each applicant a natural person (i.e. not a company or trust) who does, or will on the completion date of the eligible transaction, hold all their interest in the property in their own right and not as a trustee; and

(b) at least one (1) applicant 18 years of age or more?

Note - The 'completion date' is, in the case of, a:

contract to purchase a home, when the purchaser becomes entitled to possession of the home and if they are required to obtain registered title to the property, when the necessary steps to obtain registration of the purchaser's title have been taken. This generally occurs at settlement.

contract to build a home or an owner builder, when the building is ready for occupation as a place of residence (generally when an occupancy permit is issued).

Yes

No

5. Is at least one (1) applicant a permanent resident or Australian citizen at the time of making the application?

Yes

No

6. Will each applicant be occupying the home as their principal place of residence for a continuous period of six (6) months commencing within 12 months of the completion date of the eligible transaction?

Yes

No

7. Has each applicant on or after 1 July 2000, either:

a) entered/will enter into a contract for the purchase of a home in the Northern Territory; or

b) entered/will enter into a contract to build a home in the Northern Territory; or

c) in the case of an owner builder, commence/commenced construction of a home in the Northern Territory? (that is, laying of foundations)

Yes

No