Frances Cook: You can get help to boost your first home deposit - but is it enough? 31 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read More money helps, but more houses are what's desperately needed. Photo / File OPINION: I spend too much time on social media. It's usually talking people through various aspects of financial literacy, and inviting people to send me their comments and questions about money. Which means I have a firm grasp on exactly how frustrated, and even angry, first-home buyers are becoming. The grumble has recently become a deafening roar. Listen to the Cooking the Books podcast here: The Government's announcement that it is boosting projects like the First Home Grant is welcome, but it's a drop in the bucket.