A controversial squatter's rights activist who declared all landlords were 'morally reprehensible' has been slammed as a 'cry baby' by a property investor.
Jordan van den Lamb, who is also a candidate for Melbourne, warned it was only a matter of time before Aussies turned on landlords in a fiery rant.
Mr van den Lamb is known for his Instagram page 'Purple Pingers' and made headlines last year when he urged his followers to squat at 'vacant' properties.
In a recent debate on SBS program The Feed, panellists were asked to discuss the statement: 'Housing shouldn't be treated as an investment'.
Mr van den Lamb told the panel that investing in property was 'morally reprehensible' and that no one should make a profit off what others need to survive.
Buyer's agent Eddie Dilleen, who was also on the panel, disagreed and said if his family hadn't been able to rent a home, they would have lived on the streets.
He now owns over 180 properties, despite a humble beginning in Mount Druitt.
Mr Dilleen told the Daily Mail that socialists like Mr van den Lamb were 'cry babies' who weren't prepared to make sacrifices to crack the property market.
'There was just so much complaining (by Mr van den Lamb),' Mr Dilleen said.
'They have all these ideas of how we should move to a communist kind of society where everyone gets given everything.'
Mr Dilleen said Mr van den Lamb and his socialist followers were in no position to offer advice on success.
'They have ideas about how the world should be, but if you can't even figure out how to succeed in your own life first, then what makes you think you would be able to figure out a way to change the world,' MrDilleen said.
'They need to stop crying and figure out how to get ahead in life. If you can't even figure out how to buy a home, why are you telling me how society should be.'
MrDilleen said the reason why Aussies struggled to crack the property market was that many weren't prepared to lower their standard of living for a deposit.
'People are buying designer bags and going on holidays. If you want to get out of renting, then you need to sacrifice for at least a couple of years,' he said.
'I know people who are still renting and paying $900-a-week. I told these friends years ago not to pay that much just because you want to live in a nice place.'
MrDilleen (pictured) said the reason why Aussies struggled to crack the property market was that many weren't prepared to lower their standard of living for a deposit
'You might have to live in a share house and pay $300-a-week or a granny flat for $400-a-week.
'You need to be able to drop your lifestyle for a few years and put money away.
'At the end of the day, you only need a five per cent deposit to get into the property market. In Sydney, you can buy a unit for $600,000.
'That's only $30,000 for a deposit.'
However, Aussies who used the five per cent deposit scheme were recently warned they risk dangerously high debt levels and potential default if the cost‑of‑living crisis worsens and the cash rate continues to rise.
New APRA data revealed that loans with loan‑to‑value ratios of 95 per cent or more rose from $3.3 billion to $5.4 billion in the December quarter.
The scheme now accounts for a record four per cent of new owner-occupier loans.
The surge coincided with the Albanese Government's October overhaul, which made the scheme available to all first-home buyers regardless of savings and income.
It was introduced by the former Coalition government but was limited in scope and aimed at low‑income individuals and couples.
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver told the Daily Mail that the scheme is encouraging inexperienced buyers to take on debt they may not be able to manage.
'These buyers are getting in with much higher debt levels, and that risks more first-home owners running into trouble down the line,' he warned.
It comes as new data released by PropTrack showed home prices rose across every capital city in February, with the median price at $1,004,000.
The Daily Mail has contacted Mr van den Lamb for comment.