Home buyer assistance
Find out what financial assistance you can get when you are buying a home.
Home Buyer Concession Scheme
Pay less (or no) conveyance duty (stamp duty) when you buy a home or residential land.
Deferred duty
If you're eligible for one of our concession schemes, you may be able to defer payment of any conveyance duty (stamp duty) owing.
Land Rent Scheme
Rent land through a land rent lease rather than purchasing the land to build a home.
Assistance for pensioners
Assistance for buying a unit
Assistance for people with a disability
Disability Duty Concession Scheme
Pay less (or no) conveyance duty (stamp duty) if you have a long-term or permanent disability and buy a home or residential land.
Special disability trust duty exemption
Pay no conveyance duty (stamp duty) if you are a special disability trust and buy a home or residential land.
Severe disability duty exemption
Pay no conveyance duty (stamp duty) if you have a severe disability (or are their carer) and buy a home or residential land.
Other assistance
Alternate finance transactions
Pay no conveyance duty (stamp duty) in relation to certain transactions as part of a financing scheme.
First Home Owner Grant
First Home Owner Grant (FHOG) payments ceased in the ACT on 1 July 2019. This scheme now has a limited function.
Loose-fill Asbestos Buyback Concession Scheme
Pay less (or no) conveyance duty (stamp duty) when you buy a home after handing over property that contained loose-fill asbestos.
Eligible impacted properties: Loose-fill Asbestos Buyback Concession Scheme
Pay less (or no) conveyance duty (stamp duty) when you buy a home after handing over property indirectly impacted by loose-fill asbestos.