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Do immigrants drive up housing costs? Experts debunk JD Vance claims from vice-presidential debate

HUMANITIES, ARTS + SOCIAL SCIENCES | October 8, 2024
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

cleveland.com (subscription required): Robert Fischer, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor in Civil Society and director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, noted that while immigration can increase housing demand, it is misleading to solely blame it for rising costs, instead emphasizing migration's broader economic benefits.

“Migration is good for the economy,” he said.

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