Millennials have become an electoral force. Jacinta Allan is pinning her political hopes on solving their housing woes

Victorian premier says when she bought her first home, the ratio of house prices to the median wage was three to one. Now, it’s 12 to one. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

It seems a paradox. The generation that has just become the largest voting bloc in Victoria – millennials – happens to be the one facing the most significant obstacles to home ownership.

As Kos Samaras – a RedBridge pollster and former Labor strategist – puts it: gen Z and millennials will double the number of baby boomers on the electoral roll by the 2026 state election.