☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 22 cont 💰💰💰🏡</p><p>“Nearly half of all <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/renters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renters</span></a> sit in the bottom 40% of income levels, compared with just one-fifth of first home buyers.</p><p>“If you’re in the bottom two <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/quintiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quintiles</span></a> of income, you’re probably not really going to have enough <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> to be servicing a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortgage</span></a>, whichever way you go,” Phillips says.</p><p>“There’s not a lot that we’ve seen in the election <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> to really help those people, and they’re the people who really are <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/struggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>struggling</span></a>.”</p><p>That leaves nearly half the renting population, or four million <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a>, beyond the reach of homebuyer help even before the new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> arrive.”</p><p>If you don’t own or cannot afford a home, Australian politicians are not interested in you. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies</span></a>&gt;</p>