Queensland

Queensland First Home Owners' Grant

The first home owner grant gives eligible first-time home buyers $15,000 or $30,000 towards buying or building a new home in Queensland. 

Eligibility for the first home owner grant

For buying or building a new home*, the grant amount is:

• $30,000 for contracts signed between 20 November 2023 and 30 June 2025 (both dates inclusive)
• $15,000 for contracts signed before 20 November 2023.

For owner-builders, the grant amount is:

• $30,000 where foundations are laid between 20 November 2023 and 30 June 2025 (both dates inclusive)
• $15,000 where foundations were laid before 20 November 2023.

*A new home is either:

• a home that has never been
• occupied as a place of residence
• sold as a place of residence 
• a substantially renovated home (completed by the seller in limited circumstances).

From 1 December 2020, a home acquired under a ‘builders’ terms arrangement’ may also be a new home—see Public Ruling FHOGA006.2.

Age

You are a natural person (an individual; not a company or a trust) aged 18 years or older.

In some exceptional circumstances, the Commissioner of State Revenue may use discretion in relation to some eligibility criteria, such as:

• you are under 18 years of age
• an application is made on behalf of a legal disability trust by a guardian.

Citizenship

You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident (or applying with someone who is).

If you are applying for the grant as a joint applicant—for example, you are not a permanent resident but your spouse is an Australian citizen—you may be eligible for the grant if you meet the other eligibility requirements.

A permanent resident holds a permanent visa, or is a New Zealand citizen with a special category visa, as defined by the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth).

A New Zealand citizen with a special category visa must have a current New Zealand passport to be a permanent resident.

You can check if your visa is permanent or temporary by clicking on its subclass in the visa list.

Income

Your income has no bearing on your eligibility for the grant.

Previous grant recipient

You or your spouse must not have previously received a first home owner grant in any state or territory of Australia. If you received a grant that you later paid back, together with any penalty, you may be able to reapply for the grant.

Previous home ownership

You or your spouse must not have owned residential property in Australia:

• on or after 1 July 2000 that you lived in
• before 1 July 2000, whether you lived in it or not.

Investment properties

The grant is not available to purchase investment properties.

If you have owned an interest in residential property since 1 July 2000 that has been solely used for investment purposes, you may be eligible for the grant on a subsequent new property that will be your first home to live in.

You will need to show that you have not lived in the investment property by providing evidence that covers the entire period of ownership:

• tenancy or lease agreements
• electricity or phone accounts
• tax return details declaring the rental property.

More Information:

https://qro.qld.gov.au