Election campaigns turn up heat on housing — at last
Labor and Liberal have announced their latest big ticket policies to tackle the affordability and housing crises but both parties have come in for fierce criticism.
Homes such as this one in Sunbury, Victoria, have increased by hundreds of thousands of dollars around the country in just a few years. (Image source: Metricon)
Australia’s housing crisis looms as a one the biggest issues in the upcoming federal election but until now the two major parties had been relatively quiet on the policy pitch front.
After a slow start
, the ruling Labor party and opposition Liberal party have found their voice on the issue and with it launched their respective cash splashes.Whether either party can resolve an issue that has driven many to homelessness and seen Sydney stake cla…
