PoliticsFederal electionPrint articleOpinionDutton is pursuing a housing subsidy so bad, even Trump killed itThe policy is highly regressive, and will simply boost house prices and blow a huge hole in the personal income tax base that will never be recovered.Steven HamiltonColumnistApr 13, 2025 – 4.00pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginFollow our live coverage of the 2025 federal election.A mortgage interest deduction, as proposed by the Coalition today, is frankly a terrible tax policy.Loading...Steven Hamilton is assistant professor of economics at George Washington University and visiting fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the ANU.SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreFederal electionAffordable housingOpinionTax reformDonald TrumpUSALiberal PartyALPAnthony AlbanesePeter DuttonPolitical leadershipLatest In PoliticsFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In PoliticsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineBishop stares down critics: ‘I turn down many more roles than I take on’Myriam RobinThis restaurant has New York buzz. You’ll never guess where it isThe watch brands courting women with dazzling designsBOSS Financial ReviewHow the Ford family plans to avoid a Murdoch succession battlePatrick DurkinWhy this top Nike exec starts her day with a protein coffeeAs election losers, what will Dutton and Bandt do next?Life & LeisureFamily-owned St Agnes marks a century with ultra-rare brandy bottlingsMax AllenDelicious cake knives and interiors to boost your moodMeet the Melbourne-based master of lighting designRich ListHow a Sydney billionaire became the pokies king of Alice SpringsGreg Bearup and Zoe SamiosMeet the other Lew: Steven, who’s quietly built a $1b retail empireAnchorage Capital Partners COO resigns, jumps to family office
