Luke Vargas

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95 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Jun

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · The Housing Crisis: Your Biggest Questions, Answered · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

Craig, in recent days, we have looked at the U.S.

housing shortage from a number of different angles here across our podcast, from difficulties facing towns, difficulties facing builders, and of course, to the many challenges facing buyers.

We've also looked at some ideas about how to fix both sides of the supply-demand equation in housing.

However, our listeners and journal subscribers have had a lot to add into the discussion, some areas as well where they would like additional clarity on things.

So let's address some of those questions and start with a big one, a topic that has spurred quite a lot of debate across our coverage.

Are immigrants living in the U.S.

unlawfully worsening the housing shortage?

In 2024, Donald Trump pledged to ban immigrants who are in the U.S.

illegally from

from getting mortgages.

Last year, Vice President Vance claimed that they were, quote, taking houses that ought by right to go to American citizens, end quote.

Craig, what's the situation here?

And there's other dimensions of this as well, right?

Construction as an industry employs a lot of immigrants as well, deport them.

I don't know, do construction pressures worsen?

Because that kind of ties into another comment we received, which was, you know, pointing out another topic in the headlines these days, tariffs on steel and aluminum, sort of implying there, you know, maybe this administration's policies are sort of sabotaging efforts to make housing more affordable on a wholly different front.

All right, let's shift to once homes are built, Craig, because we got some questions about how they should be used.

This is something that listener Ian Kennedy from Rhode Island highlighted about a property that he was considering selling.

Let's hear from Ian.

Craig, this sort of own versus rent dynamic is something we've covered throughout our housing series.

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