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Home Equity Access Scheme

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Status: Answered, finished
Asked by: Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston
Portfolio: Social Services
Agency: Department of Social Services
Round: 2026-27 Budget estimates
Question No: DSS SQ26-000781
Asked: 3 June 2026
Answer due: 23 July 2026

Question

Senator RUSTON: How many people who seek this-do you have to solely own the property to be able to get access to the scheme? Mr Flavel: Well, I think, going back to what I said before about retirement villages, you have to have the piece of paper that signifies you've got an underlying ownership in the underlying land. Senator RUSTON: But you could own that in conjunction with your children or your wife or husband or whoever? Mr Flavel: I will check on this-

Answer

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