JD Vance blames illegal immigration under Biden for housing crisis as he calls for 5M new homes

WASHINGTON, DC: Vice President JD Vance has said that a surge in illegal immigration along with inadequate new home constructions are driving up housing prices beyond the means of many, thereby making the American Dream unattainable for many.

Vance accused illegal immigrants of taking "houses that ought by right go to American citizens" in a period when the country wasn't "building enough new houses to begin with."

JD Vance states immigration doubled housing prices under Biden

In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Vice President Vance directly linked expensive housing to immigration, saying, “A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants.”

He referred to the unprecedented immigration inflow at an average of 2.4 million immigrants per year between 2021 and 2024, according to the Congressional Budget Office, with about 60% crossing illegally, that happened under the previous Biden administration.

Vance claimed this influx led to a dramatic increase in housing costs, asserting that “under the Biden administration, the price of a new home literally doubled in four years,” stating, “It went up 100%.” Contrarily, he said, “Under the Trump administration, housing and rent prices are up about 1% to 2% – actually in line with what you would like to see.” 

He noted that right from the assumption of office, President Trump had moved to seal off the border and to ramp up deportations in response to what Vance characterized as the "Biden crisis."

JD Vance underscores need for new construction of houses

The Vice President underscored that a key solution involves ramping up America's supply of housing and stated that the Trump administration was looking at ways of “trying to make it easier to build houses.”

Vance predicted a large deficiency, saying, "We probably need to build about 5 million new homes," while claiming that Republican-led states are "actually doing a very good job" at keeping up with demands in housing, while Democrat-led states are failing to do so.

He blamed regulatory obstacles in "blue states" such as California by stating, "One of the biggest challenges that we have in the housing market, aside from too many illegal aliens who are taking the houses of American citizens, is that in the blue states, you're not building enough houses."

JD Vance supports using robots to help construction workers, not to take their jobs

Vance also suggested that technological development, in particular robotics, could serve to help expand housing supply without replacing construction workers.

He dismissed notions of robots replacing the laborers by asserting, "No robot can replace a great blue collar construction worker." But he did say technology could enhance efficiency, adding, "But can a robot maybe make it easier for a construction worker to put more nails in more walls over a shorter period of time, some of the rote things?"

Vance concluded that this use of technology would ultimately benefit the workers and consumers alike and said, "You're going to see, I think, robotics help the construction workers - and I think that's going to lead to higher wages and it's also going to lead to more homes for American citizens."