Expert dissects both Labor and Coalition housing policies, slamming Libs

An expert, from Everybody's Home, has broken down Labor and the Coalition's housing pledges with Youth Jam's Isaac Mulcrone claiming the Coalition's plan will jack-up house prices.

Maiy Azize, a spokesperson for the organisation, phoned into the Newsflash podcast and told Isaac Mulcrone that Labor's offering is "fine", meanwhile the Coalition's announcements "mark themselves out by being things that will push up house prices".

"(The Coalition's announcement) is a version of negative gearing. It's well established that that puts up the cost of housing by giving people more money to go out and compete when they bid at auctions. What we're doing here is giving those same tax breaks, expanding them really, this is not how you bring house prices down. Even the people who are benefiting from it are probably just going to end up paying more for their home," Ms Azize told listeners.

But is Labor's policy "revolutionary" or "doing as little as possible"?

"Labor is not pledging to make these homes affordable. What they're saying they'll do is they will give zero-interest loans to State Governments who bring a total of 100,000 new homes for first-home-buyers online, around the country. There's no guarantee these homes are going to be affordable and that's really where this falls down. New housing supply is great, we love to see more housing being built, but we need to make sure it's homes that people can actually afford," she told Isaac.

What could each party do to "make things that bit easier" for Aussie first-home-buyers? Ms Azize would like to see more social homes and affordable properties.

Hear the full interview with Ms Azize by clicking play.