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Immigrants are such a relatively small portion of housing supply pressure, compared to the overwhelming positive affect they have in driving other CPI basket items supply up (and therefore, keeping prices low).

Getting rid of immigrants will make houses a bit cheaper, and everything else more expensive.

Increasing property taxes so it isn't so cheap to carry underutilized housing, and getting rid of zoning regulations written with the intention of artificially limiting housing supply, will actually cause housing prices to fall through the floor, without ruining the rest of our economic output and supply of CPI basket goods.



Immigrants are also disproportionately involved in the construction of desperately needed new housing.




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