HomeBuilder Program

446 The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (1 April 2021). How many HomeBuilder applications have been received as at 31 March 2021?:

(a) How many have been processed as at 31 March 2021?

(b) How many have been paid as at 31 March 2021?

(c) How many of the applications are associated with first-home buyers?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

The HomeBuilder Grant (HBG) will only be paid to eligible applicants once RevenueSA is satisfied that all the eligibility criteria are met. RevenueSA received 13,923 HBG applications before the application deadline of midnight on 14 April 2021. As at 20 May 2021, RevenueSA has made payment of the HBG to 2,989 applicants, whilst 5,683 HBG applications have been conditionally approved.

Applicants are required to apply separately for the HBG and the South Australian government's First Home Owner Grant (FHOG). As data for the HBG and FHOG is collected in free text fields and retained in separate databases, it is not possible to undertake an exact data match on applications received for the FHOG and the HBG. Of the HBG applications that RevenueSA has considered or is in the process of considering, approximately 2,400 associated applicants have also applied for and been approved to receive the FHOG.