this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2024
670 points (97.7% liked)

News

23361 readers
4526 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

While some contractors dismiss the plan as political rhetoric, many say they can’t afford to lose more people from an aging, immigrant-dependent workforce still short of nearly 400,000 people.

Both presidential candidates promise to build more homes. One promises to deport hundreds of thousands of people who build them.

Former President Donald Trump's pledge to "launch the largest deportation operation in the history of our country" would hamstring construction firms already facing labor shortages and push record home prices higher, say industry leaders, contractors and economists.

"It would be detrimental to the construction industry and our labor supply and exacerbate our housing affordability problems," said Jim Tobin, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders. The trade group considers foreign-born workers, regardless of legal status, "a vital and flexible source of labor" to builders, estimating they fill 30% of trade jobs like carpentry, plastering, masonry and electrical roles.

(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I’m sure he would find some way to profit off of the “driving up home costs” aspect of this.

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

If you want an economy where every citizen has a chance to be middle class, you have to find some other source of labor to do working class jobs. That's why we shouldn't even want American citizens to do these jobs. Bring in immigrants that get paid well relative to where they came from to do that stuff and send our citizens to school and do middle class work. It's a win-win for all involved.

That's not even mentioning our problem with an aging population that requires immigration to sustain social programs.

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We should be building apartments, stop building unscalable housing

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Orrrr how about everyone has the freedom to live in the dwelling of their choice that they can afford .

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

his vows are no more meaningful than the clergy's vows of celibacy

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 1 month ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWNko6ZSAzg

It's not wrong, but it's missing the level of danger involved by several orders of magnitude.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

The right wing listened to Milton Friedman talk about illegal immigration and went 'yeah!', missing the point entirely.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You mean to tell me that a real estate investor would do something that would drive up housing costs? You mean to tell me that a guy who doesn't pay his workers doesn't give a shit about people who work for a living?

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Everything to maximize profits. and one should examine the US agricultural sector that relies heavily on cheap illegal labor.

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›