WASHINGTON—In a speech to the National League of Cities on March 10, Vice President JD Vance spoke about the challenge of high housing prices, linking them in part to high rates of immigration under President Donald Trump’s predecessor, President Joe Biden.
Vance’s speech began with a discussion of zoning, which he noted was a local issue, and Trump’s day-one executive order to “lower the cost of housing and expand housing supply” through changes to regulation. He then pivoted to another side of the issue.
“I think it’s important to talk about the demand side of the housing market,” the vice president told attendees of the league’s Congressional City Conference….