HomeBuilder only makes sense as a nod to Morrison's home-owning voter base
- Written by Lisa Adkins, Professor of Sociology and Head of School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney
HomeBuilder grants of A$25,000 are being offered to build or renovate a home as part of the Australian government’s emergency economic response to the coronavirus pandemic. Critics note that the program, framed as stimulus for residential construction, benefits already well-off households. It ignores the realities of the housing market,...