Rosie Wallis has been renting her entire adult life and, like many renters, she has felt neglected — politically — in a nation that tends to focus on home buyers.
Key points:A YouGov poll found young renters were more likely to vote for Labor and the Greens over the Coalition
Many of renters are coming under increasing financial pressure. Rents are skyrocketing, having increased by almost 10 per cent in the past 12 months, and low vacancy rates mean there's often little choice. "Renters have really been the forgotten people when it comes to this election campaign, from the major parties," he said.
"[More than] 50 per cent of the electorate of Brisbane rents, so it's important to have that representation reflected in Parliament, so me being a renter and my entire immediate circle of friends are renters," he said. "The scheme is very expensive and committing to that scale of intervention, you know, it is a big change in the market," he said.
"This is particularly the case with younger voters, so those aged 18 to 34, those [who] own their own homes, about 30 per cent or slightly more, voted for the Coalition. The YouGov polling also showed 38 per cent of older people who don't own their own home and are aged between 35 and 64 supported Labor, compared to only 24 per cent for the Coalition.Mr Ratcliff said the high proportion of renters in key seats — such as Higgins in Melbourne and Wentworth in Sydney — hurt the Coalition.
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