Anthony Albanese six-figure rental income sparks controversy amid housing crisis
Landlord Anthony Albanese is under fire over the $115,000-a-year in rental income he is pulling on top of his salary as Prime Minister, as interest rates soar for struggling families.
Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather has taken aim at Anthony Albanese for owning investment properties as he stepped up his campaign to scrap negative gearing laws.
After growing up in public housing, the Prime Minister is now renting out two Sydney homes including a mortgage-free federation bungalow with a pool while he lives rent-free at the Lodge.
“Let’s be real, if Labor wants to deal with housing affordability then it’s time to phase out the billions of dollars in tax concessions property investors get every year in the form of negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions,” Mr Chandler-Mather said.
“We could be investing that money in building public housing but instead it is going to people like the Prime Minister with his three investment properties.”
He went on to question why Australia has a “property investor as a prime minister” during the “worst housing crisis we’ve seen in a generation”, accusing Mr Albanese of fighting to protect negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions.
“And I think what they’ve
