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Do illegal immigrants living in my city cause the rent to increase?

Posted by Ken C on June 9, 2025, 9:09 pm

My city has a shortage of affordable housing. We don't even have enough affordable housing for the legal residents. Some legal residents have full time jobs and still can't afford the rent, so they live in old motorhomes parked on the street or they live in a crowded home with other families.

Any Increase in population legal or illegal will cause rent to go up

Posted by BornToFarm on June 10, 2025, 7:46 am, in reply to "Do illegal immigrants living in my city cause the rent to increase?"

If you really want rent to increase, impose rent control. That discourages new rental housing from being built.

Thanks, I think you are right about rent control.

Posted by Ken C on June 10, 2025, 10:35 pm, in reply to "Any Increase in population legal or illegal will cause rent to go up"

I think we need fewer regulations and more free markets so people will build more affordable housing.

If you look to Barcelona as an example, tourism is a problem

Posted by Mugwump on June 10, 2025, 7:36 am, in reply to "Do illegal immigrants living in my city cause the rent to increase?"

As building owners look to the benefits of short term rentals via operations like Air B&B, etc, the stock of normal rentals dwindles. Small structures become small hotels or Inns and the residential market tightens, causing a substantial increase in costs to renters.

Good point, thanks.

Posted by Ken C on June 10, 2025, 10:32 pm, in reply to "If you look to Barcelona as an example, tourism is a problem"

I've seen a few news article about how Air B&B increases demand and reduces supply of rentals.

The higher the ...

Posted by mark on June 10, 2025, 4:31 am, in reply to "Do illegal immigrants living in my city cause the rent to increase?"

...number of people in the rental market, the higher the cost of rent will be. Availability will naturally be lower.

Thanks, that makes sense.

Posted by Ken C on June 10, 2025, 10:29 pm, in reply to "The higher the ..."

But it..

Posted by mark on June 11, 2025, 1:54 am, in reply to "Thanks, that makes sense."

...follows that the answer to your original question is yes.

I see the police shot one of our reporters with a rubber bullet. Looks deliberate on the footage.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/los-angeles-ice-arrest-protest-riots-australian-9news-reporter-lauren-tomasi-struck-by-rubber-bullet/ca0185c4-260e-4a90-a214-aa7c5532a7c6

I'm not sure what the uproar is about having people who are illegally in the country removed. Either get rid of a law or enforce it.

I don't agree with the methods though. Because the issue of illegals has been obvious to all and seemingly just accepted for so long, illegal's have built lives there, worked, raised children and in that context it is wrong to suddenly apply the law with such rigor, lack of compassion and basic lack of common sense (and common decency). Also a problem if they (ICE) are trying to circumvent natural justice. But I don't know for sure if that is happening or not.

In saying that, throwing rocks at police and burning cars because valid laws are being enforced, is plainly wrong and will reinforce any already present bias.

Either way, it is very complex, and overly simplistic 'black and white' views held by the left or by the right are unlikely to be a true representation of the issue in reality.

I think this process should have occurred over years, not days.

Yep. And this economic fact applies across the board. Basically the invading foreign army

Posted by GOG on June 10, 2025, 6:33 am, in reply to "The higher the ..."

of Latino insurrectionists want what we have. And are taking it by force. Unless stopped and shown the exit. I was at Costco the other day. The place was so crowded. Fifty percent were of Latino heritage speaking Spanish.

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