Vice President JD Vance spoke to thousands of local government leaders at the National League of Cities conference in Washington, D.C., Monday. He called on them to curb illegal immigration.
Vance began his speech by addressing the current American housing crisis. He cited a study that showed house sale levels to be the lowest in 30 years.
“The average income it takes to buy a new house is nearly two times the average salary of your typical American family — not the average American worker, but the combined incomes of a husband and wife,” Vance said.
Housing Affordability Is a Pressing Issue
This finding coincides with over three-quarters of Americans who believe housing affordability is a pressing and growing issue. That is according to a survey by Data for Progress.
Vance said some of this cost can be reduced by slashing unnecessary regulatory fees at the local level, since these fees account for over 20% of the cost of a new home. However, he believes the most effective way the U.S. could reduce housing costs would be to decrease demand.
He believes there are forty million people here illegally. Forty million is a conservative number. It’s more likely 60 million given all the years of illegal immigration and lies about it being 11 million to cover it up.
Why wouldn’t that number cause a housing crisis?
We know there are 55 million visa holders in the US. If we add them to the number of illegals, we are talking 100 million foreigners influencing our politics, religion, culture, and so on? A third of the country? No wonder we can’t get along.
JD Vance just CONFIRMED there are as many as 40 MILLION illegals in America and they got housing. This drove up the cost of our homes and rent
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Trump is moving out illegals? That’s news to me. Here in northern Indiana there is more third worlders than ever.
Why is Trump working overtime to remove illegals? Why are Democrats so eager to stop him? Trump is moving out illegals, because the courts have ruled, illegals can be counted in the Census, because they are people. “All people will be counted.” The sanctuary game was the way to get more people into California, Illinois and New York to make up… Read more »
If asylum seekers had to work hard to pay for their own housing, own food, own healthcare, own clothing, own transport, education of their children and the likes very few would enter the US but those who do would be law abiding and responsible. They would not be a burden but benefit to the country. Those who enter by illegal… Read more »
Let’s be honest. A major reason people can’t afford houses is that they want too much in the beginning. As a young couple starting out in the late1960s (in our early 20s), our first purchase was an acre lot in the county on which we put a 10×40 older mobile home. After that was paid for, we added an 400… Read more »
Forceful deportations with 100% of their assets/property given to US citizen is a must. Anything less and we’re just staving off the inevitable.
We dont have a president anymore we have black robe presidents now how are we suppose to make change when we have 15 presidents making rules at any given time…I QUIT……. this nation cant even uphold its own constitution anymore…Judges interpret the law they don’t make law nor rules that is the legislatures jurisdiction. These Domestic Terrorist wearing black robes… Read more »
…and then there ARE the ‘homeless’…