Wild claim: “All immigration is driving the US housing crisis” . . .

Photo above - Earth to "The Hill" . . . these guys are building homes, not keeping us out of them. Can we have them put hardhats on though? Medical care in this country is insanely expensive.

Let me set 2 expectations:

First – I do not condone or approve of illegal immigration. Migrants are akin to squatters or shoplifters. But we’re unlikely to solve the housing affordability crisis by mass deportations of illegals.

Second – LEGAL immigrants are a net plus for America. They do things like provide medical care, work in STEM/tech jobs, and build new homes. Stopping LEGAL immigration is going to cost us, and again, it will NOT result in home prices falling.

The link below ("The Hill") accusing LEGAL immigrants of driving the housing problem is dead wrong.

The problem is – and always has been – the reluctance of politicians, wealthy neighborhoods, and “parks and recreation” fans to concede an inch of land to affordable housing. It’s always a litany of things like: Too much density; unattractive design; blocks my view; changes “the character” of our community; gives away pristine land that should be reserved for spotted owls and pickleball courts.

If you doubt any of this is true, turn off Netflix and show up at your town’s next zoning board hearing. The starting point for every piece of land is “suburban single-family home on a quarter acre lot”. If you want something rezoned for rowhomes, townhomes, apartments, mobile homes, condos . . . well then everybody has to agree to that change. And almost nobody embraces change, least of all the wealthy and our career politicians who depend on them for campaign contributions.

I’m not going to rant against the ICE killing in Minneapolis. I’m not going to exonerate it either. Let a grand jury look at ALL the footage, and decide on what charges, if any. I’d rather a grand jury of 12 honest citizens follow the written laws rather than listen to politicians hijack this tragedy for their own gain. That said, I hope I’m not shot in the head the next time I fail the common sense test at a traffic stop.

I’m just sayin’ . . .


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-it-s-not-just-illegal-immigration-driving-the-housing-crisis-it-s-all-immigration/ar-AA1U7CCs?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69663f7984214612ba105a3eb4c26e0c&ei=74


Opinion: It’s not just illegal immigration driving the housing crisis; it’s all immigration