Labor and the Coalition agree with voters: this is the housing election. But despite making headline-grabbing housing policy a focus of their official campaign launches, both parties' plans have been criticised by... pretty much everyone.

Crikey politics editor Bernard Keane and readers editor Crystal Andrews unpack the policy promises, and ask why politicians refuse to address the problem at the heart of Australia’s housing crisis (no, it’s not immigration).

Then editor-in-chief Sophie Black reveals why Crikey is running for parliament alongside 'Crikey for PM' campaign manager, our own Charlie Lewis. Plus, will women, once again, hold the deciding vote on May 3?

Read more:

• Is this the worst election campaign ever?
• Struggling renters are all but invisible this election
• The eye-watering numbers that paint a picture of a journalism industry propped up by real estate cash
• Russia-Indonesia debacle reveals Australia is racist and incompetent in the face of a new global order
• Is Peter Dutton aware that women… can vote?
• Crikey for PM
• Crikey for PM makes a corflute

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