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"Nothing is being done about Housing"
🕑 Added 2025-08-11 12:57:53 +0000 UTC[Very early access]
Hello Patrons,
This is a video we were planning to put out on Wednesday but we're seeing a lot of groundswell about people wanting us to cover the social media U16s ban so we're going to release a quick video about that next instead. We'll also be talking about the recognition of Palestine and, at the end of the week, releasing a detailed scripted video about the antisemitism envoy. Pretty stacked week. We've also got another video filmed about the teals and GST.
That means you get to see this one much earlier than we planned because it will be released to the public after that long list of topics gets covered. This video is about the new and old media outcries about how nothing is being done on housing... while things are being done on housing. There are still a few extra sources we'll add to this video but we're keen to hear what you all think about it!
We hope you enjoy another very early vid!
The FJ Crew
Comments
Luke W
About about the title "Nothing is being done about Housing". I'm not sure who is saying "nothing" is being done (besides "Morpheus"). Even spending $1 on it contradicts the claim that "nothing" is being done. Many might say that not enough is being done though.
Vlad the Inhaler
With that mindset, for the love of God, please run for PM/ enter politics someday soon Jordan. We need someone like you calling the shots.
Bradley Palmer
I hope Labor can find a good first step to cgt and negative gearing reform, so they both start fixing what Howard broke, and also not get kicked out and have their changes repealed
samaju
Hey Jordies, I am one of the people that moved from Sydney to Melbourne to purchase an apartment. I am very fortunate that I had a job that enabled to do so. If you open up domain or realestate.com and do a quick search for available apartments around the Melbourne CBD you will see a massive surplus of available apartments to purchase which supports Labors logic that most of Australia and especially Sydney has a supply problem. I think Sydney will have a population problem over the next 10-20 years because young families will have moved to other parts of the country.
Andrew Stanley
Hey come to livo and say that xD
Michael Soutar
If it bleeds, it leads
Andy P sqidinc
I moved to rural Qld from Melbourne purely for the cheap properties,the weather is a bonus too, not having the responsibility of a high cost loan is such a relief.
Alex Isaac
When have apartments been built how you're describing? Land tax increase is good. Makes the poor performing investors get out. He didn't talk about private supply in regards to the government? Restricting doesn't work. It's been going for fifty years and it's pretty disproven. Sounds like you drink the koolaid.
Alex Isaac
Who owns realestate.com.au and who benefit's from them attacking Labor?
Ains
Melbourne did a good! suck shit Sydney!
Luke W
Hi just some feedback... You forgot to mention that Labor apparently promised that 1.2 million new homes would be built by the end of the decade. According to the following webpage this won't be achieved... https://www.realestate.com.au/news/hia-australia-forecast-to-miss-12-million-new-homes-construction-target/ Also house prices have gone up 400% or more since Howard but you were focusing on whether houses went up 6% in a year or whatever. Though that's good news about Victoria.
afruitlesshippo
Queue the horde of bot accounts that will comment "what about the esafety bill, why won't you talk about it" as a soon as this video hits yt
George
As a homeowner in Tempe I can certify this. I and all my neighbours that are Gen X or Y are in tech. That’s the kind of job you need to buy a house here.
Putz
Yeah nah. Supply argument is bullshit. It's part of the equation but it's a dynamic system. House prices have been growing slower in general in Australia because of higher interest rates. Your points for Melbourne's price decrease (all housing stock, not just social housing) were: 1. Housing supply targets for private and social housing. Other states have these too and they're not seeing the same price declines 2. Incentives for developers to include social housing in high rise 3. Reducing stamp duty for first home buyers (explain how this makes the actual price houses come down)? 4. Deposit help (again how does this make prices come down in a supply/demand situation when demand is increased)? No mention of the actual things that make prices go down: 1. Increased cost of finance (interest rates), and 2. Victoria's land tax threshold changes. 3. Supply and demand does play a role but it's role is not straightforward in such a dynamic system hence why there's historical correlation (and arguably causation) between house prices and cost of finance. It's interesting how normally sensible people have drank the Ezra Klein, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel "Abundance Theory" cool aid... Including Jim Chalmers and apparently Jordan. You've spent about 2 minutes on your hypothesis and most of the rest shitting on NIMBYism. Enjoy watching your suburbs turn into shitholes because of deregulation of the planning process. Reducing regulation means there's no incentive for developers to build apartments people want (3 bedrooms, private, and spacious) and instead deliver suburbs filled with dog boxes that will sell regardless of desirability because we have a limited supply of decent developers willing to produce a quality product unless it's aimed at the luxury market. Maybe that's fine for social housing to get people off the streets, but your video muddied social housing supply and private housing affordability. Lastly if all that ain't sway you... Why the fuck would a developer build something that will lose them money?
Dean Lewis
Fairfax and News Corp said time after time as their headlines did nothing to sway public opinion at the polls, only drive a sense of righteous anger amidst those who agreed with Fairfax and News Corp, creating division while unsuccessfully trying to drive the narrative
taylor64
Hang on! Everyone is supposed to shit on Vic Labor! Coz you know Dictator Dan... That guy we elected to do the job none of us wanted to do. In the good times and bad... He's evil!!
Blake Walden
Whenever alarmists bring it up in public i've started asking them very simply: "What does your solution look like? What changes would you make? Why shouldn't material from content we restrict otherwise be applied to internet based services that we didn't account for when we implemented the TV ratings system?" And my personal favourite: "What does 'good parenting' on social media look like and why isn't it happening now?" Without exception they have sprinted back to the trench of 'it's censorship'. Not to get too conspiratorial, but i think he entire argument has been co-opted by a bunch of low level criminals and users of criminal services. people who sell vapes to teenagers, people who pirate media frequently, people who consume or distribute prohibited content, and people who use social media to groom / indoctrinate children to various nefarious ends (from things as insidious as exploitation all the way through to gangs getting kids to do petty crime to avoid jailtime, etc.)
Madeleine
Looks like The Guardian has taken a page, or several, from Darrell Huff's book "How to Lie with Statistics". It's an approachable, easy read, freely available on The Internet Archive, which should be mandatory reading for everyone. One last thing, I've just upgraded from Friendlyjords Tier to God Tier, because of your 'Kaboogie dance' speech (apologies if I butchered the spelling). Thank you FJ's Crew for cutting through the bullshit.
Jatz Cracker
You should say Cunt more. i love it. Cheers, Cunt
Tim
Please debunk the conspiracy theories about the u16 ban. When you go outside the internet bubble it's a popular policy for good reason
ImperatorTempus
Good video, mate. Thanks for explaining why the Guardian is shit, and be glad you don't have to worry about Trump.
Brad
Exactly. Join a union a fight for your wages. Howard's plan of franchising workers removed people from unions then let the companies they were franchised to slowly erode wages. Some franchise systems allowed for growth but most just outsourced costs to the worker and limited income in later years. Keep up the videos.
Eric Pitman
Another video of Jordan cooking. Proud to be a patron
Alex Isaac
Also need waaaaay more videos pumping up Vic Labor from now until the election. Nice and early.
Danny_D
Im from Emu Plains and... yeah thats fair
Alex Isaac
I swear it's bots on the digital Id non issue. I've been saying the point about people complaining about not being able to live in Coburg or Brunswick for years now to the whingers. They won't look at the suburbs that still have train stations. It is an identity crisis.
