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Last week\u2019s visit was Mr Sukkar\u2019s third to a construction site in the Armstrong Creek growth area to promote the government\u2019s housing support measures since April, and the second in less than a month.<\/p>\n
Mr Sukkar said the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme had helped 60,000 Australians get into their first home with a deposit of as little as five per cent.<\/p>\n
\u201cA program that we announced in the Budget, the Family Home Guarantee, which supports single parents – 84 per cent of which are single mothers – into a home with a deposit of as little as two per cent, has exceeded all of our wildest expectations and has seen more than 2,000 people just in the last few months purchase their first home for them and their families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf the more than 300,000 Australians that have been able to purchase a home with the direct support of the Morrison Government, just over 200,000 of those are people who utilised the HomeBuilder program.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information, head to the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation’s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Morrison Government is extending its support for people looking to buy a house for the first time, and is reissuing unused guarantees in the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme. Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited a building site in Charlemont on Thursday last week to officially announce the extension alongside Housing Minister Michael Sukkar, Victorian […]<\/p>\n