The Vote Panel: Everyone is promising houses

<p>As we close in on election day, housing affordability has become a central issue of this campaign.</p><p>First, Labor announced its solution, the Help to Buy scheme and then just a few days later, the Reserve Bank increased the cash rate from its historic low of 0.1% to 0.35%.</p><p>People’s mortgages are going up and it could put upward pressure on rents.</p><p>So, how are cost of living pressures factoring into the decision voters will make in just two weeks time?</p><p>Today, to analyse all the latest events, we’re joined by:</p><p>Chief political correspondent for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Karen Middleton,</p><p>Columnist for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Paul Bongiorno, and</p><p>Election analyst from <em>The Tally Room,</em> Ben Raue.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Chief Political Correspondent for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Karen Middleton, columnist for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Paul Bongiorno, and election analyst from <em>The Tally Room,</em> Ben Raue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>