Economics expert slams Labor and Coalition housing policies

‘Crazy stuff’: Taking apart both sides’ ‘diabolical’ housing policies

Phillip Coorey, Jessica Gardner, John Kehoe and Myriam Robin and pick the ‘least bad’ of Labor and the Coalition’s housing policies, why tax reform is so hard and the battle for Kooyong.

Dutton doubles down on housing, as Labor stays quiet on policy modelling

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is refusing to say how much he wants Australian house prices to rise, as Labor remains tight-lipped on the impacts of its first home buyer policy on the housing market.

‘Pretty regressive’: Labor and Coalition housing policies explained

Grattan Institute housing expert Brendan Coates says new policies may help some people into the housing market, but a majority are still being left behind.

The election campaign is in the intensive phase. A topic that no party is passing by this year is affordable housing. To give an overview of which party stands for, wien.ORF.at has searched through the election programs of the town hall parties.

The four things (mostly) missing from the major parties housing platforms - The Australia Institute

The housing crisis continues to grip Australia and it’s a central part of this election campaign. Unfortunately, while both major parties have made housing policies key parts of their election platforms their policies mostly tinker around the edges and fail in four key ways. They do not address Australia’s distortionary, expensive, and regressive tax concessions

Maybe don't mortgage your vote on either party's housing policies

Peter Dutton campaigning with his son, Harry. Mr Dutton avoided questions about whether he will act as the ‘bank of mum and dad’. Photo: Peter Dutton Facebook. Both major parties went all out at their weekend campaign launches to make housing policy the priority for the election. The PM promised Labor will spend $10 billion to build 100,000 new homes across Australia specifically for first home buyers, and allow all first home buyers to buy with…