Home Ownership
The dream cycle: read how home ownership has assisted two IBA clients to break the cycle of disadvantage.
Home sweet home
After making the repayment of their housing loan a priority, Colin and Patricia Mitchell are now able to enjoy the rewards of all their hard work.
A home of her own
As a single mum with four children, Ellen shares how good it felt to be able to buy her own home.
The heart of the matter
Donna Piper discusses the choices that home ownership has given her, and how she’s keen to see her four children achieve that same level of choice.
The Dream Cycle
Two IBA clients discuss how home ownership has enabled them to break free from a cycle of disadvantage, and provided a platform for even bigger dreams for themselves and their families.
Nguiu residents pioneering Indigenous home ownership on Indigenous land
Luke Tipuamantumirri and Florine Tipungwuti live in the small township of Nguiu located on Bathurst Island, in the Tiwi Islands off the north coast of Darwin, in the Northern Territory. Neither would ever have imagined owning their own home.
Rising from the flames
In the savage heat of Black Saturday (7 February 2009), Kim Hunter, 43, was on duty at Kinglake National Park near Melbourne, when she heard that a huge fire was bearing down on the park and her home at the nearby Kinglake Township.
Keeping up with the Jessicas
Two young women share their individual experience of home ownership.
Pioneers of Indigenous home ownership
Niki Donnelly was inspired to follow in the home ownership footsteps of her parents, who received the first ALC home loan in 1975.
Naomi and John Bonson realise their dream (PDF 334KB, new window)
This young Darwin family were struggling to get a deposit together for a home, until IBA helped them bridge the gap.
The Bowman family achieves home ownership (PDF 615KB, new window)
After years of renting Jessica and Michael Bowman family have put down roots – and a veggie garden – in their own home in Wagga Wagga.
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