The messy politics of a housing crisis – podcast

From immigration to inflation, housing sits at the heart of most political debates.

But political parties are struggling to come up with a coherent message - and no one has a clear plan to fix the crisis.

Liberal senator and shadow housing minister Andrew Bragg last week said his plan to cut immigration is the solution - but so far, he’s fuzzy on the details.

And the government wants house prices to fall, but doesn’t seem to want to take credit for it when they do.

Reged Ahmad speaks to economist Saul Eslake on what really works and why politicians can’t seem to fix one of the biggest problems facing us all.

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