It’s always a smart policy to take anything politicians say in an election campaign with a grain of salt and a heavy dose of scepticism.

But this is particularly so when politicians start making motherhood statements about housing affordability, about how much they care about it and what they will do about it.

Housing affordability has been a hot political issue for decades - but with each passing year it gets notably worse, despite all the promises made by a long line of politicians across all the states and territories.