{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6244d1918dd186001211b37a/6800c8443808841569067ad5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Week Three: Housing policy in the worst election ever","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6244d1918dd186001211b37a/1744881658751-c3ac1f1d-28e0-4c10-b06a-05d1fa720388.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Labor and the Coalition agree with voters: this is the housing election. But despite making headline-grabbing housing policy a focus of their official campaign launches, both parties' plans have been criticised by... pretty much everyone.</p><p><br></p><p>Crikey politics editor Bernard Keane and readers editor Crystal Andrews unpack the policy promises, and ask why politicians refuse to address the problem at the heart of Australia’s housing crisis (no, it’s not immigration).</p><p><br></p><p>Then editor-in-chief Sophie Black reveals why Crikey is running for parliament alongside 'Crikey for PM' campaign manager, our own Charlie Lewis. Plus, will women, once again, hold the deciding vote on May 3?</p><p><br></p><p>Read more:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/14/worst-election-campaign-ever/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Is this the worst election campaign ever?</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/16/2025-federal-election-housing-renting/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Struggling renters are all but invisible this election</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/10/09/real-estate-media-nine-domain-news-corp-rea-paint-by-numbers/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The eye-watering numbers that paint a picture of a journalism industry propped up by real estate cash</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/17/russia-indonesia-australia-military-base-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Russia-Indonesia debacle reveals Australia is racist and incompetent in the face of a new global order</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/17/2025-election-peter-dutton-ignores-women/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Is Peter Dutton aware that women… can vote?</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/crikey-for-pm/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Crikey for PM</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/17/crikey-for-pm-corflute-federal-election-authorisation-aec/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Crikey for PM makes a corflute</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Got a tip for us?</strong> Contact us on Signal CRIKEY.01 or send a tip <a href=\"https://www.crikey.com.au/tip-off-crikey/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><strong>Want to share your thoughts on the election?</strong> Send an email to <a href=\"mailto:letters@crikey.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">letters@crikey.com.au</a> </p>","author_name":"Crikey"}