Newsroom Edition: Are falling house prices a trap for Labor?
From Full Story by The Guardian
June 4, 2026 · 27 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges faced by the Labor party in addressing the housing affordability crisis amidst falling house prices.
Josephine Tovey speaks with Gabrielle Jackson, Patrick Keneally and Jonathan Barrett about why Labor is damned if they do and damned if they don’t when it comes to the diabolical political conundrum of trying to solve the housing affordability crisis without bringing down house prices
People in this episode
Host: Josephine Tovey
Guests: Gabrielle Jackson, Patrick Keneally, Jonathan Barrett
Topics covered
- housing affordability
- political conundrum
- house prices
- Labor party
- economic challenges
Keywords
- housing crisis
- Labor party
- affordability
- politics
- economic policy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Labor
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