The typical Australian home now costs eight times the median household income and rents have soared to a record high.
And while political battlelines are being drawn as we gear up for an election, what can actually be done from a policy perspective?
Brendan Coates, Housing and Economic Security Program Directo r at Grattan Institute joins Patricia Karvelas and Tom Crowley on The Party Room.
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