Immigration blamed for housing unaffordability

A renewed narrative holds that mass (including irregular) immigration is a central driver of high housing prices, and that criticizing this link is routinely dismissed as racist by media and fact‑checkers. The piece defends politicians who make this connection and accuses mainstream rebuttals of silencing a legitimate economic argument. — If the narrative gains traction it will push housing policy debates toward migration controls as a remedy and reshape which solutions (supply vs. border policy) are politically feasible.