Porter Davis customers who missed out on government support after the building company collapsed are now eligible for a one-off payment.
The Victorian government on Sunday extended the support scheme to those who paid a three per cent pre-deposit for tender agreements but did not receive the mandatory building insurance.
Those customers will be eligible for a one-off payment of up to $50,000.
Clients of other builders who have gone into liquidation in the past 12 months can also receive the payment if they were left without the mandatory insurance.
For a person to be eligible, their builder must have entered liquidation between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
"Dreams turned to nightmares for people who should have been protected by their builders and that’s not acceptable," Treasurer Tim Pallas said.
"We’ve backed the original Porter Davis families and now other hardworking families who have similarly suffered over the past 12 months will have the certainty and confidence they deserve to move ahead."
About 1700 homes across Victoria and Queensland were left in limbo when Porter Davis went into liquidation in March, while 560 families nearly lost their home deposits because the company did not file insurance for them.
The state government first announced in April a $15 million scheme to pay back Porter Davis customers who put down a deposit but never had insurance filed.
Opposition finance spokeswoman Jess Wilson welcomed the government's latest support payments but said they should have been announced months ago.
"It is essential to initiate a comprehensive review of the regulation governing Victoria’s residential construction sector to ensure situations such as this do not occur again," she said.
