Part A: Your Personal Details
Part B: Property & Loan Details
Part C: Lump Sum
Part D: Declaration

Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme

Subsidy Authorisation Request

Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme

Subsidy Authorisation Request

Who should use this form?

You should complete this form if you are:

Drawing down a home loan and want to commence receiving DHOAS subsidy.
At the time your home loan is drawn down, you must hold a DHOAS Subsidy Certificate that is valid and you must meet all the DHOAS scheme conditions in order to commence payments.

Your eligibility and entitlement under DHOAS is reassessed at the time of payment commencement and may result in a different decision to that advised at Subsidy Certificate approval time.

The information provided below is your declaration to the Department of Defence to confirm that you are meeting the scheme conditions. You must complete this form accurately and in full. Incomplete and unsigned forms will not be accepted. DHOAS staff cannot alter this information on your behalf. If you are required to make amendments to the form you will need to resubmit a full declaration form. Your DHOAS subsidy payment will not be authorised until you have submitted a completed and signed declaration form. Please contact us if you are unsure about how to correctly complete this section.

How to submit a Subsidy Authorisation Request

Complete this form to enable subsidy to commence.
Complete this online form by using the Begin button below and submit electronically to commence, attaching supporting evidence if appropriate
If unable to submit using the online form please print this pdf form, complete and forward your signed form via mail, fax or email using the addresses shown on this website, attaching supporting evidence if appropriate

DVA will notify you of the outcome of the subsidy authorisation request.

Note: All decisions relating to the administration of the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme are made pursuant to the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008 (the Act). Whilst due care is taken in the preparation of advice by the Department of Veterans' Affairs as the Scheme Administrator, in the event of any inconsistencies between this information and the Act, the Act will take precedence.

PART AYour Personal Details

1. Title/Rank (optional)

2. Full NameFamily Name

First Given Name

Other Given Names

3. Employee ID/PMKeyS number
(if applicable)

4. Date Of Birth

5. Postal AddressStreet Address

Suburb

State

Postcode

6. Email Address
(Please provide your primary email address)

Alternative Email address (optional)

7. Contact numbers
Preferred contact number (please select)

Home

Work

Mobile

Fax

NOTE: It is important you keep your contact details up to date to ensure you receive correspondence about your entitlement. For example, you must notify DHOAS about a change from your Defence email address to a private email address on discharge; and confirm your contact details when you move locations.

PART BProperty & Loan Details

8. Address of Mortgaged and Subsidised Property (Section 28 and 31 of the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act (DHOAS Act))

I hereby apply for authorisation of subsidy under the DHOAS Act on a home loan secured by a mortgage over an interest in land located at:

My postal address is different to my subsidised property address because:

Please update my DHOAS contact address to my subsidised property address from the date of occupancy listed in Question 12

9. Loan settlement date

My DHOAS loan settlement/expected settlement date on the property referred to above is:

DD/MM/YYYY

BSB Number

DHOAS Home Loan Account Number

Account Name

10. Regarding the property referred to in Question 9, I declare that:

I own/will own a 100% interest in the property.

I and my partner, together, own/will own a 100% interest in the property.

I (or I and my partner, together) own/will own a 50% or greater interest in the property. The remaining interest is owned/will be owned by another person/s.

Their name is:

Their relationship to me is:

Other. Please provide details of the interest that you own/will own in the property. DVA will contact you regarding your eligiblity.

Please note: This question does not relate to your equity in the property. It relates to the parties on the Certificate of Title and what percentage is owned by those parties. The eligible person must be one of the parties on the title for the subsidy to be payable on the property/loan.

11. Use of loan (Section 30)I declare that I am using the home loan subject to this application solely to (please select applicable item):

PURCHASE OF NEW HOME

Buy an interest in the property referred to in Question 9, which contains a habitable house.

CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATION LOAN ON LAND PURCHASED WITH THIS LOAN

Buy an interest in the property referred to in Question 9 and undertake building work consisting of either: 1. Construction or completion of a house (excluding a unit) on the property referred to in Question 9; 2. Enlargement, renovation or repair of a house on the property referred to in Question 9; 3. Construction of another permanent improvement on the property referred to in Question 9 that is primarily for private or domestic purposes in association with an existing or proposed house.

CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATION OF HOME ON PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED LAND

I have an interest in the land referred to in Question 9 and will undertake building work on that land consisting of either: 1. Construction or completion of a house on the above land (excluding a unit); 2. Enlargement, renovation or repair of a house on the above land; 3. Construction of another permanent improvement on the above land that is primarily for private or domestic purposes in association with an existing or proposed house.

REFINANCE OF EXISTING HOME

To refinance an existing loan the balance of which is solely related to the repayment of a previous loan made for one of the above purchase or building work purposes.

12. Occupancy of the property
(Section 32)

Please note: You must be occupying your subsidised property for DHOAS subsidy to commence.

I declare that (please select applicable item):

I (or I and my dependant/s)
will occupy the property from:

DD/MM/YYYY

I (or I and my dependant/s) currently
occupy the property - specify date
occupancy commenced

DD/MM/YYYY

I declare that my dependant/s will
occupy the property from

DD/MM/YYYY

Name of dependant/s meeting occupancy on my behalf.

Relationship to me of dependant/s meeting occupancy on my behalf.

I declare that my dependant/s
currently occupy the property -
specify date occupancy commenced

DD/MM/YYYY

Name of dependant/s meeting occupancy on my behalf.

Relationship to me of dependant/s meeting occupancy on my behalf.

I will not be occupying the property
until the completion of building work
- specify expected occupancy date.

DD/MM/YYYY

13. Occupancy requirement

I understand that I (or my dependant/s) must occupy the subsidised property for 12 months from commencement of subsidy payments for this application for Subsidy Certificate.

14. Do you currently hold a posting order which will prevent you from meeting the 12 month occupancy requirement?

Yes

Details

I understand that subsidy may cease if I stop occupying the property within the 12 months following the commencement of subsidy payments or the completion of building work.

If I am unable to occupy the home for the 12 month occupancy period, I understand that I must be approved a shorter period of occupancy to be eligible for continued subsidy payments. I also understand that I must apply for a reduced occupancy period within a reasonable period of time of vacating the DHOAS subsidised property.

Where I am performing building work, I understand that I have two years from the commencement of subsidy payments to complete the building work and move into the home.

15. Property Use (Section 33)

Will the land or any building on the land be used for the purpose of carrying on a business, trade or profession?

Yes I will be carrying on a business, trade or profession on the land or any building on the land of the following nature

PART CLump Sum

16. Have you requested the lump sum on your current Subsidy Certificate? (Section 34)

(If you select 'Yes' you must be able to agree to both statements 1 and 2 to be eligible for the lump sum (unless you are applying as a surviving partner).

If you cannot confirm 'Yes' to both of these statements, you are not eligible for the lump sum.)

NoIf you want the lump sum please complete and submit PART G of the application for Subsidy Certificate form

YesI confirm the declarations made on my application for Subsidy Certificate form are correct in that:

I expect that I will continue to provide service in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), where that service is considered effective for DHOAS purposes, for a period of at least 12 months after payment of subsidy is authorised. *I acknowledge that the Scheme Administrator or the Department of Defence may recover an amount equal to the lump sum subsidy payment paid to me if I cease to be a member of the ADF within 12 months after payment of subsidy is authorised; and
Whilst I have been a member of the ADF, I have not previously purchased a home, other than the one that is the subject of this application for Subsidy Certificate, and this property was purchased after I received my Subsidy Certificate.

NOTE: If you have less than 12 months of entitlement remaining after you receive the lump sum payment, and subsequently transfer to the Reserves, your monthly DHOAS payments may cease.

*Declaration 1 above does not apply if you are applying for a lump sum as a surviving partner.

PART DDeclaration

I will advise DVA if any of the above declarations made in anticipation are not subsequently confirmed during the home purchase and loan processes.
I will advise DVA either on a "D9155 Notification of change in circumstances" form, or via email or phone, within a reasonable time from my becoming aware of the following:
- A reasonably significant change to my loan agreement;
- A change that affects the way my service credit or tier level is worked out, including a change in my service status;
- Where there is a reasonably significant change to the house or a permanent improvement on the property referred to in Question 9;
- Where I am undertaking building work, when I complete that building work;
- Where there is a change in my or my partner's ownership of the property referred to in Question 9;
- Where my partner and I own the subsidised property referred to in Question 9, and the partnership is dissolved;
- If I move out of my home within 12 months of subsidy commencing;
- If the house and/or land (excluding the common property associated with a strata or similar title property) starts being used, to a reasonably significant extent, for the purpose of carrying out a business, trade or profession;
  Failure to advise any of the above may result in your subsidy being stopped.
I understand that giving false information is a serious offence and may be prosecuted under section 137 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.
I declare that the information given in this form and any other attached document is complete and correct.
I consent to the disclosure and use of personal information as notified in the Privacy Notification and Consent section of the application for Subsidy Certificate form.
I understand this Subsidy Authorisation Request may only remain current for 3 months from the date of Submission.

Signature

Name

Date