Help to Buy and First Home Scheme: Low take-up of initiatives to help first-time buyers remains a puzzle

Michael Broderick of First Home Scheme is amazed so many people who want to buy a property are unaware of the supports available

Michael Broderick, CEO of the First Home Scheme. Photo: Gerry Mooney

We’ve all heard the complaint: how can young people buy a house when they can’t even save the 10pc deposit that’s needed?

But there is a way, says Michael Broderick, chief executive of the First Home Scheme – and he’s surprised more of us don’t know about it.