Donald Trump's running mate, Senator JD Vance, is blaming immigrants for yet another ill; this time, the U.S. housing crisis.
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Chris Herbert, managing director of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, noted that while immigrants do contribute to overall housing demand, they cannot be blamed for the surge in housing costs that began in 2020. He pointed out that the pandemic, not immigration, was the primary driver of skyrocketing home prices and rents.
Historically, immigrants have revitalized under-used or depopulated areas rather than competing directly for housing with native-born residents. Sharon Cornelissen, housing director for the Consumer Federation of America, pointed to immigrant communities that helped breathe life back into New York City and Los Angeles during the 1970s and 1980s after decades of urban decay. Similarly, Middle Eastern immigrants were key to revitalizing cities near Detroit like Dearborn and Hamtramck.
If Vance truly cares about solving the housing crisis in his state and the nation, he would do well to stop vilifying immigrants, start listening to the experts, and help come up with a real plan to tackle this national crisis. As even the Cato Institute admitted, immigrants are vital to the construction industry, which is essential to increasing the housing supply. Deporting them or halting future immigration would only exacerbate the problem.
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