More disgruntled HomeBuilder applicants for $25,000 grants in Queensland have described the toll the government rejecting them has taken. Meanwhile a review was announced.
The Queensland government is caught in a series of ugly disputes over rejected applications for $25,000 and $15,000 home grants because it says satellite photos show ineligible building work.
Families who bought homes off the plan worth up to $600,000 with the promise of government grants have hit out after being told they won t be receiving any financial support.
Melbourne IT worker Jack Hage bought a block of land for his family after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the HomeBuilder scheme in June 2020.
The program - designed to help the economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic - provides grants of up to $25,000 for Australians looking to renovate their home or build a new one.
Mr Hage is among the prospective Aussie homeowners and renovators to have missed out on the grants after having issues with the scheme s online portal.
State and Federal Governments are facing growing backlash from HomeBuilder applicants who say they have missed out on a grant of up to $25,000 because of glitches or technical issues with the online application process.
Clint Calman, from Southport, Queensland, bought his $599,000 townhouse off the plan from developers on December 23 last year.
The added incentive of a $25,000 HomeBuilder grant was one of the main reasons he decided to build a new home, he says.
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Clint Calman with his daughter Charli, and the townhouse he will move into when it is completed in six weeks time.(Supplied) It was a mad rush at the time because if you hadn t executed your contract by the 31st of December the grant would drop down from $25,000 to $15,000 - so everyone wanted to get it done in time, Mr Calman told nine.com.au.