Labor played the Medicare card in its victory. Now it wants to own housing
- Senior figures within NSW Labor have launched a new initiative called Labor for Housing, aiming to make housing a central focus for the ALP in 2025.
- This initiative follows Labor's federal success using Medicare as a campaign focus and aims to replicate that influence in housing policy.
- Labor for Housing aims to advance YIMBYism and position the party around addressing the housing crisis amid growing supply challenges in Sydney.
- Premier Chris Minns conceded NSW will miss its annual target of 75,000 homes under the National Housing Accord while the federal government lags on its 1.2 million homes goal.
- This campaign signals a shift from courting anti-development voters to building grassroots support for housing reforms as a political and moral cause.
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SBS Nepali Finance Talk: Labor's housing policies and Sydney's hot property suburbs
In this episode of our monthly finance chat, financial advisor Bishwas Bhattarai discusses Labor's housing policies and its effectiveness for first home buyers. The other topics discussed in this episode include the RBA meeting next week, interest rate projection, housing and rental market in major cities across Australia and Sydney's most in-demand suburbs.
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