Welcome Home First Steps

Welcome Home First Steps is a FREE home ownership education course outlining everything you need to know about buying your first home.

The course will help you understand the home buying process by providing important information about home ownership, including:

explaining the benefits, risks, costs and obligations of owning a home
telling you how to buy or build a house
giving you some tools and advice to help you plan for and achieve your home ownership goals.

Welcome Home First Steps is available online and in the following main centres – Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Online learning

We are still developing the new content to be delivered through the website. If you are interested in completing an online course, please register your interest.

Workshops

Housing New Zealand is changing the way its home ownership programme is delivered. It will be delivered online and via tailored workshops in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch only.

Service providers

Welcome Home First Steps service providers can log in here.