4 Aug 2021

Housing: First home buyers grant scheme falters

From Morning Report, 7:23 am on 4 August 2021

The Government has admitted it has got the settings wrong for its scheme to help first home buyers.

Figures show the First Home Grants programme is on track to pay out the lowest number of grants since it began.

People say the maximum house prices covered by the grants are too low and have not kept up with the overheated housing market.

Here's political reporter Charlie Dreaver.