Comment Re:exists because of immigration (Score 1) 97
Yeah, it says
"Home construction hasn’t been keeping up with population growth since the 1970s, said Schuetz, a housing policy expert at Arnold Ventures, a philanthropic foundation."
Then when you look at the numbers as according to chatgpt:
"The Shift to Immigration (2020–Present): Due to declining birth rates and rising deaths, natural increase plummeted during the pandemic. By 2022–2023, immigration accounted for 100% of all U.S. population growth for the first time since 1850. In 2024, net international migration contributed roughly 84% of the nation's total growth (2.8 million out of 3.3 million new residents)."
so, no its not merely a "supply" problem, there would not be a "supply" problem, if we didn't have immigration. Immigrants are just the way to keep the federal reserve / social security ponzi scheme going, because you cant have a ponzi scheme unless you get more people into the ponzi.