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Debunk This: Immigration has significantly contributed to housing costs in the U.S. (archive.ph)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by kabe to c/debunkthis

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US Senator for Ohio uses statistics to make the claim that the large increase in rental costs in the US is being driven by immigration.

Of course, this could be a simple case of correlation≠ causation but is there much evidence to support his claim?

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[–] yenahmik 6 points 2 years ago

What statistics? There's a chart graphing that rent has outpaced wages, but what does that have to do with immigration? I saw no statistics shared that connects immigration to housing prices. There's not even enough evidence shared to say there is a correlation, much less causation.

Note: I did not do any research outside of the link given to the tweet. At best, there are extreme logical leaps to associate the content of the text with the statistics shared in that same tweet. If immigration, and specifically people coming in via the southern border, are related to housing prices show me statistics about that so I can assess the logic. Right now, there is no justification for the claim made.

[–] RickRussell_CA 3 points 2 years ago

If supply is constrained, anything that increases demand could be causally blamed for increasing prices.

But the supply constraints can also be blamed. No need to subscribe to the fallacy of a single cause.