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Home Ownership Schemes available

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    What financial supports are out there?

    To encourage and assist pathways into home ownership in Victoria, there are a range of financial assistance schemes available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander homebuyers.

    Some of these schemes are specific to Victoria whilst others are available nationally.

    This list is not exhaustive and it does not make any commercial recommendation for the effectiveness or suitability of the schemes on an individuals personal circumstances.

    If you would like to know more about these schemes, please use the Contact form to arrange an individual conversation.

    Current as of May 2024.

    First Home Owner Grant (FHOG)

    A $10,000 cash grant for new purchases or builds.

    Victorian Homebuyer Fund (VHF)

    Victorian State Government shared equity scheme for buying new or established residential properties.

    Indigenous Business Australia (IBA)

    Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) offers loans, with low interest rates and deposits, to buy property, land or build.

    Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS)

    An Australian Commonwealth initiative that reduces deposits.

    Case Study

    Dylan's Story

    Dylan Anderson is a proud Yuin man and home owner in Melbourne. He bought a home through the Victorian Homebuyer Fund (VHF) and shares the ways the VHF opened doors that he thought were closed.

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