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Day 22 cont 
“Nearly half of all #renters sit in the bottom 40% of income levels, compared with just one-fifth of first home buyers.
“If you’re in the bottom two #quintiles of income, you’re probably not really going to have enough #income to be servicing a #mortgage, whichever way you go,” Phillips says.
“There’s not a lot that we’ve seen in the election #campaign to really help those people, and they’re the people who really are #struggling.”
That leaves nearly half the renting population, or four million #Australians, beyond the reach of homebuyer help even before the new #policies arrive.”
If you don’t own or cannot afford a home, Australian politicians are not interested in you.
#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Labor / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies>
