Case Studies
Helping improve housing outcomes for all Australians
Thanks to the Home Guarantee Scheme, Elizabeth, a single woman in her 50's has been able to purchase her first home.
On 1 October 2025, the Home Guarantee Scheme was renamed the Australian Government 5% Deposit Scheme. All home buyer case studies, reports and publications published prior to this date will reference the Home Guarantee Scheme. However, these references can now be read as references to the Australian Government 5% Deposit Scheme.
Tenants are progressively moving into 1,084 newly-built homes across three sites in metropolitan Melbourne through a partnership between Housing Australia, Homes Victoria and the Building Communities consortium.
Sally* and Harry*, a young couple from Bannockburn, purchased their first home with the help of a Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee (RFHBG) through Bendigo Bank.
On 1 October 2025, the Home Guarantee Scheme was renamed the Australian Government 5% Deposit Scheme. All home buyer case studies, reports and publications published prior to this date will reference the Home Guarantee Scheme. However, these references can now be read as references to the Australian Government 5% Deposit Scheme.
Housing Australia will provide Brisbane Housing Company (BHC) with a $280 million AHBA loan and $20 million NHIF loan and grant to support the delivery of 587 new social and affordable homes together with an additional 25 market homes in South-East Queensland.
Housing Australia provided a $3 million NHIF grant to the Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation (KYAC) to build culturally appropriate independent living for Aboriginal Elders in South Australia.