7NEWS cameras have captured the inside of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s childhood housing commission home for the first time, coinciding with news the leader has purchased a $4,300,000 clifftop mansion on the NSW Central Coast.
The current resident of the PM’s childhood home has urged Albanese not to forget his humble beginnings amid a housing crisis.
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Anya Yakubova, 27, lives in the inner-Sydney housing commission home with her mother, Rosa.
They are so proud of the Camperdown home’s heritage as the place Albanese grew up, they have a photo of him in the front room.
“I just think it’s like an iconic house,” Yakubova said.
“It makes me feel like I can do anything, I can achieve anything.
“I feel like some type of, I don’t know, aura about this house that makes me want to do better. Do more.
“It does feel like someone famous was living here. It’s iconic.”
Yakubova believes the front room was Albanese’s mother’s bedroom, and said it was previously her mother’s bedroom as well.
While Yakubova doesn’t begrudge Albanese doing well in life and earning enough money to buy a coastal house, she said she is somewhat disappointed in her “houso hero”.
“Good on him,” she said.
“I believe everyone can work as hard as they want to get what they can. Good on him for striving to get what he wants.
“But I don’t think it’s appropriate at this time. It’s kind of disappointing.”
Yakubova is disappointed with the prime minister’s timing, buying the lavish home in the middle of a housing and cost-of-living crisis.
“It is a lot of money, especially in a time like this,” she said.
“It’s really hard for everyone, everyone (is) struggling.
“I believe it’s not the smartest idea to (buy the home). I know a lot of people who can’t get a home (so) it’s hard to hear.
“It’s hard to hear things like that considering so many people I know are going through homelessness.”
That includes Yakubova’s brother, who he said is currently living on the streets.
“(Albanese) needs to help the homeless and helpless people more rather than buying a beautiful home,” she said.
“I want to see him do more for people who are living in housing commission.
“The cost of living is coming up so high, it’s almost impossible for any families to live in Sydney right now.
“I think it’s pretty unfair that the cost of living has gone up so high and it’s so hard for anyone to live … and he’s buying a multimillion-dollar property before the election.
“It’s inappropriate.”
Albanese has often told the story of his tough upbringing with his single mother, Maryanne.
He now owns three properties.
“It’s hard to hear things like that considering so many people I know are going through homelessness,” Yakubova said.
Albanese would not comment on Wednesday.
“What I’m focused on is delivering more houses for Australians,” he said.
But Albanese’s recent purchase has divided politicians.
“This is very tone-deaf during a housing crisis,” Liberal Senator Jane Hume said, while Labor’s Housing Minister Clare O’Neil said: “He is also a human being who is about to embark on a new marriage — he is entitled to purchase property.”
From Camperdown to Copacobana, Albanese’s housing journey has gone a long way.
Yakubova’s message to the prime minister today is: Don’t forget us.
“I would really appreciate it if you focused a little bit more on housing and the people that live in housing,” she said.
“It’s not easy seeing someone who lived in this beautiful home buy a $1,000,000 mansion.”