Member's Guide to ADF Pay and Conditions in
6.6 Home
purchase or sale expenses allowance
Home purchase or sale
expenses allowance (HPSEA) helps you with some of the costs involved in selling
and buying a home. You must meet all of these conditions.
·
You got assistance from Defence to help you buy your own
home to live in at your posting location.
·
You sell your own home (in which you have been living)
after a posting to another location.
·
You later wish to buy another home to live in at your new
location.
What do you get?
You can be reimbursed a range
of fees associated with the sale or purchase of a home, including agent's fees,
conveyancing fees, mortgage fees, and some government fees. There are limits
placed on some of these amounts.
How does the system work?
In order to be eligible you
must make your home sale or purchase within certain time limits. You must sell
your home within two years of receiving a posting order to a new location. You
have four years to buy a home after you start duty at the new location. In
addition you must be expected to remain in your current posting location for a
further 12 months at the time a contract for purchase is made. The
purchase/sale cycle must be maintained, or you will lose future entitlements.
You cannot be reimbursed if
you are posted within a location. If you are posted to an adjacent location and
you are still able to commute (within specified travelling conditions) you are
also not entitled. You will not be paid if your continuous full-time service
will stop in the next 12 months.
If you are classified as a
member with dependants (unaccompanied) for more than 6 months, the home can be
where your dependants live. (See 8.1,
What category are you in?)
Want more information?
If you think you may be
eligible for this reimbursement, you should seek advice from your local
administrative unit.
Application to Reservists: A Reservist can only be paid if they are on
continuous full-time service for a year or more.
Reference:
ADF Pay and Conditions Manual, Chapter 6 Part 2 Divisions
2 and Division
3
Form:
AC970 -
Application for Home Purchase Assistance Scheme (HPAS) or Home Purchase or
Sales Expense Allowance (HPSEA)