A recent Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas report found that the surge in illegal immigration between 2021 and 2024, during the Biden administration, contributed significantly to rising home prices and rents across the United States. Researchers estimated that unauthorized immigrant workers accounted for roughly 30% of employment growth, 30% of home-price growth, and 20% of rent growth in the average metropolitan area between March 2021 and March 2024. A 1% increase in the share of unauthorized workers relative to the local labor force was associated with a 2.2% increase in home prices and a 1.4% increase in rents.

The findings show how quickly a housing shortage can worsen when population growth outpaces construction. Cities across the country have been struggling to build enough homes before millions of additional immigrants, both legal and illegal, started flooding the country between 2021 and 2024. With such an influx of people competing for a limited supply of houses and apartments, costs and rents have risen substantially. The study from the Dallas Fed seems to suggest that illegal immigration in particular has added considerable pressure to housing markets that were already stretched thin.

The study’s findings could influence how policymakers approach America’s housing crisis. While much of the effort to lower prices has focused on interest rates, zoning laws, and building more homes, the study suggests population growth must also be part of the equation. Adding millions of people faster than communities can expand their housing supply creates consequences that construction alone may take years to correct…

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The study comes as President Trump intensifies ICE operations, with agents arresting upwards of 2,000 illegal migrants a day. The data in the study gives the administration a powerful economic argument for those efforts, as illegal immigration not only strained the border but also increased competition for one of the most expensive necessities in American life.

If millions of illegal immigrants helped drive nearly a third of home-price growth and a fifth of rent growth, removing large numbers from the country would drastically reduce much of the pressure on housing demand.

The findings directly link immigration enforcement to the cost of living, which makes one wonder about the wisdom of increasing the housing supply without also addressing the rapid population growth that has overwhelmed it.

With fewer than 40% of U.S. households able to afford a starter home, homeownership is already out of reach for millions of Americans, and adding more people to markets that lack enough housing makes the competition even tougher. First-time buyers can spend years saving for a down payment only to watch prices climb faster than their income. Renters face the same squeeze as more people compete for a limited number of apartments.

The damage becomes harder to reverse the longer people remain priced out. Families that are priced out of buying a home for five to ten years also miss out on years of appreciation and equity that previous generations used to build wealth and pass on to their children. Higher prices also force buyers farther from jobs and family or into smaller homes than they could have afforded a few years earlier. The end result is a housing market where existing owners benefit from rising values while families trying to break in end up falling further and further behind.

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