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Jacob Shteyman

Top economist says Libs' housing plan is a bad idea

Housing in Australia is the least affordable it has been in living memory. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Allowing first home buyers to use their super to purchase a home would be "one of the worst policy decisions of the last six decades", warns an economist who fears policies from both sides of politics would make the housing crisis worse.

Housing in Australia is the least affordable it has been in living memory, leading the government and coalition to propose new schemes to give first home buyers a leg up.

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