Ep. 544 | Election Promises vs. Reality: Will Any Party Fix Housing?

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It’s Federal Election time! 🇦🇺🏠💥

Folks, in this special deep-dive episode, we’re lifting the bonnet on the major parties’ housing policies and asking the real question…

Will they actually fix Australia’s housing affordability crisis… or just make it worse?

With both Labor and the Coalition promising big solutions to the “housing crisis”, we’re unpacking whether their policies will truly help you get into the market.

And we’re doing it with a special lens on how these policies will impact supply and demand – the real solution to affordability.

Tune in to hear:

✔️ The top housing policies from both Labor and the Coalition (including Labor’s 5% Help to Buy Scheme and the Coalition’s $5B shovel-ready program)

✔️ The larger economic forces at play — supply, demand, and what’s really driving this housing crisis

✔️ What it would actually take to fix Australia’s housing affordability issues

✔️ Why aspiration is Australia’s true competitive advantage (and what it means for you)

✔️ The real difference between throwing money at the problem vs targeting supply, and more!

If you want a clear, practical look at how upcoming election policies will impact your portfolio and the wider housing industry, then tune in now!

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Resources from Ben’s “What’s Making Property News”: Housing affordability across the federal electorates
Guests & Episodes Mentioned:

Timestamps

- - - 0:00 – Election Promises vs. Reality: Will Any Party Actually Fix Housing?
    - 1:13 – AFL Talk: Pies sitting top of the ladder
    - 5:15 – Help us give the gift of sight to 100 more people 👁️✨
    - 7:34 – Mindset Minute: The mindset that wins, in property and in life.
    - 11:00 – Why aspiration is Australia’s competitive advantage
    - 14:48 – Election Promises: “Will their plans help you get into the market — or just push prices even higher?”
    - 17:41 – The Labor & Coalition’s macro policies
    - 20:33 – The real solution for affordability
    - 21:12 – Labor Policies: $10B for social and affordable housing
    - 24:55 – $1.2M new homes: The National housing accord & new builds
    - 26:11 – “The most important thing for supply”: Shovel-ready sites
    - 27:24 – The Social Housing Accelerator
    - 28:55 – The Help to Buy scheme
    - 30:37 – Who it benefits and demand impacts
    - 32:44 – The Home Guarantee Scheme Expansion: Only a 5% deposit?!
    - 35:03 – However, it does have a dark side…
    - 36:15 – Rent Assistance: $2.7B spend for low to middle income earners
    - 37:46 – $9.3B for the National Housing & Homelessness Agreement
    - 38:46 – Build-to-Rent and its multiplier effect
    - 40:33 –The #1 policy we’re critical of (& it’s unintended consequences)
    - 42:00 – Wrapping up Labor Policy: “It’s throwing a lot of money at the problem.”
    - 43:52 – Coalition Policies: The Housing Infrastructure Program – $5B for $500,000 shuttle-ready projects
    - 45:16 – From the US to Australia: The First Home Buyer Tax Deduction
    - 47:41 – Reducing Immigration: Does it really speak to the supply story?
    - 50:01 – Why “The Ban of Foreign Buyers” is a smart policy
    - 51:30 – The sensible Superannuation Saving Scheme
    - 52:44 – (Labor Policy) Why Free TAFE is NOT a good idea
    - 53:27 – Construction Apprenticeship Boost: The $12k incentive
    - 54:15 – Easing APRA’s 3% buffer & the blaring red flag with it
    - 57:49 – Freeze the national construction code for 10 years
    - 59:49 – Utilising unions to stop corruption and increase productivity
    - 1:01:22 – The top 4 coalition policies & its challenges
    - 1:02:10 – What will actually be effective against Australia’s housing problem?
    - 1:07:30 – Why either policy will benefit existing property investors in the short-term!
    - 1:08:46 – The Labor vs. Coalition: Whose policies are better?

And…

- - - 1:11:22 – Life By Design Hack: During election week, 10 minutes reading the news, 10x that on your own financial game plan.
    - 1:12:24 – WMPN: The most unaffordable electorates across Australia & the Greens’ policy

544 | Election Promises vs. Reality: Will Any Party Actually Fix Housing?