| Date of effect | 1 July 2021 |
The Government will guarantee 10,000 single parents with dependants to enable them to access a home loan with a deposit as low as 2% under the Family Home Guarantee. Like the first home loan deposit scheme, the program will guarantee the additional 18% normally required for a deposit without lenders mortgage insurance.
The Family Home Guarantee is aimed at single parents with dependants, regardless of whether that single parent is a first home buyer or previous owner-occupier. Applicants must be Australian citizens, at least 18 years of age and have an annual taxable income of no more than $125,000.
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5% deposit home loans for first home buyers building new homes
| Date of effect | 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 |
The First Home Loan Deposit Scheme will be extended by another 10,000 places from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. Eligible first home buyers can build a new home with a deposit of as little as 5% (lenders criteria apply). The Government guarantees a participating lender up to 15% of the value of the property purchased that is financed by an eligible first home buyer’s home loan. Twenty-seven participating lenders offer places under the scheme.
Under the scheme, first home buyers can build or purchase a new home, including newly constructed dwellings, off-the-plan dwellings, house and land packages, land and a separate contract to build a new home, and can be used in conjunction with other schemes and concessions for first home buyers. Conditions and timeframes apply.
First home saver scheme cap increase
| Date of effect | Start of the first financial year after Royal Assent of the enabling legislation
Expected to be 1 July 2022 |
The first home super saver (FHSS) scheme allows you to save money for your first home inside your super fund, enabling you to save faster by accessing the concessional tax treatment of superannuation. You can make voluntary concessional (before-tax) and voluntary non-concessional (after-tax) contributions into your super fund and then apply to release those funds.
Currently under the scheme, participants can release up to $15,000 of the voluntary contributions (and earnings) they have made in a financial year up to a total of $30,000 across all years.
The Government has announced that the current maximum releasable amount of $30,000 will increase to $50,000.
The voluntary contributions made to superannuation are assessed under the applicable contribution caps; there is no separate cap for these amounts.
