Completing your HomeBuilder grant application

You will not receive payment of the grant unless, by 30 June 2025:

• The status of your application is ‘Submitted for processing’ or ‘Lodged’.
• You have provided the correct supporting documents.
• You meet the eligibility criteria.
  Eligibility criteria

  For the HomeBuilder grant, these criteria apply to all persons, whether they applied as an individual or as part of a couple.

  • You must not have previously received a HomeBuilder grant in any state or territory of Australia.
  • You must be at least 18 years of age. (Companies and trusts cannot apply.)
  • You must be an Australian citizen at the time you apply.
  • Your 2018–19 or 2019–20 annual taxable income must be below:
    • $125,000 for an individual
      or
    • $200,000 for a couple.
  • You will be the registered owner on the title.
  • The home will be your principal place of residence after completion or settlement.
  • The contract is signed between 4 June 2020 and 31 March 2021 to:
    • buy an off-the plan or new home valued at $750,000 or less (including GST) where construction commences within 18 months of the date you sign the contract (but not before 4 June 2020)
      or
    • build a new home where the build amount and the value of the land (including any existing structures) is $750,000 or less (including GST) and the date construction commences is within 18 months after you sign the contract
      or
    • substantially renovate an existing home, where all the following apply
      • the date construction commences is within 18 months after the date you sign the contract
      • renovations cost between $150,000 and $750,000 (including GST)
      • the value of property (home and land before renovation) is less than $1.5 million.

Any supporting documents received after that date will not be accepted.

Email homebuildergrant@treasury.qld.gov.au now if you have any queries.

How to complete your application

There are some important things you should do now to ensure you don’t miss out on the grant. Follow the steps below before 30 June 2025 to ensure your application is completed in time.

1. Contract type

Make sure you selected the correct contract type as part of your application. You can check this by reviewing the supporting documents page in the application.

It’s important that you selected the correct contract type because each one has different supporting document requirements.

• Buying a new home—for example, you signed a sales contract to buy an off-the-plan home (e.g. apartment or townhouse) or to buy a new home (recently built home that has never been sold or lived in)
• Building a new home—you entered into a comprehensive home building contract to build a new home on your land.
• Renovating a home—you entered into a contract to substantially renovate your home. This can be either to alter the existing dwelling or to demolish an existing home and build a new home on the land.

If you have selected the wrong contract type, you will need to upload the correct supporting documents for your contract type under Other.

2. Supporting documents

It is your responsibility to ensure that the correct supporting documents are provided by 30 June 2025. If you do not provide the documents by this date, you will not be paid the grant.

If the status of your application is ‘Documents required’, it means we’re waiting on supporting documents.

You can upload documents under Other. Detailed instructions on how to do this are on the ‘Supporting documents’ page in the application.

Note: You can only upload documents one at a time—that is, you can’t upload several documents at the same time.

Find out about supporting document requirements for:

• buying a home
• building a home
• renovating a home.

If you have any queries or have trouble uploading documents to your application, email homebuildergrant@treasury.qld.gov.au now.

3. Complete your application

Once you have provided the correct supporting documents, the status of your application must be ‘Submitted for processing’. You won’t be able to complete your application after 30 June 2025.

An application is completed once:

• you have provided all required supporting documents for your contract type
• you have checked the relevant tick boxes on the supporting documents page
• the status of your application is ‘Submitted for processing’.

If the status of your application is ‘Lodged’, you must email your documents, with your application reference, to homebuildergrant@treasury.qld.gov.au by 30 June 2025.

If you have queries about completing your application, or are unable to access it, email homebuildergrant@treasury.qld.gov.au now.

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Application statuses

• Incomplete—you have started your application but information is missing. We will not process incomplete applications. You need to complete your application by 30 June 2025.
• Documents required—you have not provided all the documents we need. All supporting documents must be provided by 30 June 2025 to complete your application. We will not process an application in this status.
• Submitted for processing—your application is ready to be processed. It is your responsibility to ensure that the correct supporting documents were provided. If you are unsure, email homebuildergrant@treasury.qld.gov.au now.
• Lodged—your application has progressed. It is your responsibility to ensure that the correct supporting documents are provided before 30 June 2025. If you need to provide more supporting documents, you must email them to homebuildergrant@treasury.qld.gov.au now.

Make sure you don’t lose the grant

To keep the grant, all applicants must meet the residence requirements:

• move into the home immediately after the completed eligible transaction
  Completed eligible transaction

  HomeBuilder grant

  • Buying a new home—when you are entitled to possess the home under the contract and you have registered your ownership on the title of the land on which the home is built
  • Building a new home—when the new home is ready for occupation and any requirements (e.g. final inspection certificate or certificate of occupancy) have been fulfilled
  • Renovating a home—when all building works under the contract have finished and the home is ready for handover
• live in the home continuously for 6 months.

If you are unable to meet these residence requirements, you must tell us within 14 days. The best way is to send an email using the online enquiry form. Select Home buyer grants as the subject of enquiry.

Depending on your circumstances, you may have to pay back the grant because you are no longer eligible.

Also consider…

• See the meanings of definitions used in the HomeBuilder grant.
• Read the administrative direction that established the basis for the HomeBuilder grant.