The great Australian dream of owning your own home has been fading for a long time — there's nothing new about this. But the crisis is now baked in — and it has arguably become the big generational disrupter, changing votes and threatening to hurt the government at the next poll.
The Greens have successfully put housing on the mainstream political radar. Now the Liberal Party — who are strategising about how they can become relevant and attractive to the younger voters they've been losing in swathes — are joining the debate after privately acknowledging they've been missing in action on this pivotal issue.
