• eligible applicants will be entitled to a one-off payment of up to $7 000.
• eligible applicants must be at least 18 years of age, be Australian citizens or permanent residents and who are buying or building their first home in Australia.
• assistance is not means tested.
• joint applicants will be restricted to a single application for a single property and only one grant will be made.

First home buyers may also be eligible for the First Home Buyers Duty Concession if the buyer has entered into a contract to purchase a house, or build a house as part of a house and land package from 20 May 2004.

For further information please go to the Tasmanian First Home Owner’s Grant web site which can be found here.