The Crisafulli Government is delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders by delivering common sense reforms aimed at removing barriers to help more people unlock the dream of home ownership.
The Home Ownership and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026, recently passed by Parliament, will simplify existing laws to open the door to home ownership for more Queenslanders, including by enabling a buyer to be eligible for a first homeowner concession if there is an existing shed on the otherwise vacant land.
The Bill also simplifies technicalities that could disqualify a first home buyer purchasing a newly constructed home because of the way it has passed between a developer and builder.
For a decade, the former Labor Government watched Queensland slide to the bottom of the national home ownership ladder, leaving a generation of Queenslanders wondering whether owning their own home would ever be possible.
The Crisafulli Government is supporting first home buyers at every stage of the housing journey – from saving for a deposit, to reducing upfront purchase costs, through to increasing supply of new homes.
The Crisafulli Government is tackling both sides of the housing equation by helping more Queenslanders buy their first home while investing billions to increase housing supply, including 166,000 homes unlocked by the nation-leading $2 billion Residential Activation Fund.
The latest quarterly Australian Bureau of Statistics data also reveals a record 52,500 homes under construction in Queensland, the fourth consecutive record for the State’s housing pipeline.
The number of homes under construction has grown by more than 35 per cent in two years – the largest increase in any State by far.
Since the Crisafulli Government abolished stamp duty for eligible first home buyers on new homes, more than 3,500 Queenslanders had benefited by June, saving more than $66 million.
The early results are promising, with a KPMG report finding the proportion of Queenslanders who lived in a home they owned lifted from 63.9 per cent in 2021 to 64.9 per cent in 2025.
The Crisafulli Government is continuing to pull every lever to deliver a place to call home for more Queenslanders after Labor’s decade of decline created the Housing Crisis.
Member for Scenic Rim, Jon Krause, said the Queensland Government’s latest changes will help make the path to home ownership simpler for local families and first-home buyers.
“Across the Scenic Rim, many people are working hard to achieve the goal of owning their own home,” Mr Krause said.
“These are practical, common-sense changes that remove unnecessary hurdles and help ensure Queenslanders acting in good faith are not disadvantaged by technicalities in the process.”
“Buying a home is one of the biggest milestones in a person’s life. It provides security, stability and the opportunity to build a future, and I welcome measures that help more Queenslanders realise that dream.”
The Bill cleans up outdated references, corrects drafting anomalies and removes obsolete processes in existing revenue legislation.
It also makes amendments to ensure eligible current and former Defence Force personnel are treated consistently when applying for vehicle registration duty relief.