Whoever leads Australia, readers say no solution to housing crisis

Friday, 2 May 2025 13:28

Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese will face-off for the keys to the Lodge in tomorrow's federal election, but voters are not confident either party leader will be able to rein-in out-of-control housing prices.

Exclusive: Australians don't trust either major party's approach to solving the housing crisis, nine.com.au readers say.

Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese will face-off for the keys to the Lodge tomorrow, but voters are not confident either party leader will be able to rein in out-of-control housing prices.

A nine.com.au reader survey of over 500 participants* found almost 80 per cent of respondents did not believe Labor or the Coalition's election policies will help solve the housing crisis.

'Voting for the same 2 parties will not change anything," a reader said.

One homeowner said the housing affordability crisis meant her three adult kids were still living at home, in turn costing her more money on groceries and bills.

'Neither parties (sic) policy will do nothing to help the housing crisis, both are going to make it worse and pump it higher. It's ridiculous!," the respondent wrote.

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"I would gladly cop a huge 50 per cent loss on property values as this would not affect me and my day-to-day life or income, but it would mean my kids can afford a home. Which is what I really want."

Dutton's "super for housing" policywould allow Australians to pull a maximum of $50,000 from their retirement accounts to help pay for house deposits.

The Coalition said it would also let first-time homeowners of newly built properties make mortgage interest payments tax deductible, which would save an average of $12,000 per year.

Labor's solution to getting young people on the property ladder is a scheme that would allow most first homebuyers to buy a property with just a five per cent deposit, with the federal government guaranteeing a portion of the loan.

The federal government said, if re-elected, it will also invest $10 billion into building 100,000 homes reserved just for first homebuyers to address the housing shortage.

When asked what topics had been absent from the campaign trail, respondents said politicians did not spend enough time discussing issues including cost of living, energy policies, homelessness and domestic violence.

Despite heightening trade tensions and causing chaos on the stock markets, just 13 per cent of Nine readers said Trump's tariffs would impact their election votes.

"Trump's tariffs haven't done anything to my vote but the LNP using the MAGA Republicans hand-book did," another reader said.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with partner Jodie Haydon with some sausages in Perth.

On a lighter note, almost three-quarters of the group believe the humble democracy sausage should be eaten in a slice of bread, rather than a roll.

Several respondents said the term should be abolished all together.

"Democracy sausage. Stop embarrassing yourself Australia," one reader wrote.

"I hate the term democracy sausage; feels forced," another said.

*The nine.com.au poll, which runs once a fortnight, canvases the views of the nine audience on 9Nation, which is an online community of our readers and viewers.

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