Housing, planning and property
The ACT Government offers support to help to buy, rent or own a home in the ACT as well as advice for planning and development.
Housing
Help if you're homeless in the ACT
Services for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Help for home owners
Help with the costs to stay in your own home and make it more energy efficient.
Help for renters
Help with the costs of renting and energy.
What we're doing to increase housing in the ACT
Learn how the ACT Government is improving housing affordability and availability.
Public housing
Repairs and maintenance for your public housing
How to get repairs and what you'll need to pay for.
Check if you can apply for public housing
Age, income and asset limits for public and community housing.
Paying your public housing rent
Set up rent payments, help to pay your rent and what happens if you don't pay.
Contact or visit Housing ACT
We look after public housing in the ACT. Find contact details, check opening hours and visit the Housing ACT service centre.
Planning
Check if you need a DA
Some projects may not need to get a development application.
Development Applications
How development applications get approved in the ACT.
Our planning system
Check how our new legislation and plans may affect your project.
Planning
Learn more about how development and building is planned and approved in the ACT.
Property
Land title lodgements
Updating property ownership records when buying or selling land in the ACT.
Land title forms and fees
Forms you need to lodge, register or search land titles and how much it costs.
Rates land tax and land rent
Learn about and find out how to pay rates, land tax for investment properties and the option to rent instead of buy land to build on.
Search the land titles register
How to search the official record of who owns property in the ACT.