Marginal seats in most unaffordable property markets could shape election
API Magazine research reveals the marginal federal seats in the electorates with the most troubled housing markets that could shape the election (with tables showing the affordability metrics of your electorate).
Parties of all political persuasions face a housing crisis on the brink of toppling. (Image source: Shutterstock.com)
The pressure on governments to get housing policy right is reinforced by the high proportion of marginal seats that are home to the least affordable property markets.
Around a third of the most vulnerable seats in the upcoming Australian federal election have housing markets that are chronically out of reach for ordinary voters.
Politicians looking for a housing policy point of difference should pay heed to where their prospective supporters are …
