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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner made a blunt, overdue point this weekend on national television: illegal immigration is not just a border problem — it’s a housing problem, too. Turner warned that the surge of people arriving and settling in U.S. communities has driven up demand, pushed prices higher, and is pricing hard-working young Americans out of the dream of homeownership.
This administration has the courage to connect the dots Democrats refused to see. HUD and DHS have signed a formal memorandum to stop taxpayer-funded housing from being diverted to people here illegally, and the agency’s own statement cited massive gaps in information-sharing that left roughly 9 million subsidized housing residents unchecked while costs ballooned. That’s the kind of plainspoken accounting Americans have been demanding.
Scott Turner didn’t stop at words — he moved on policy. HUD has issued directives making clear federal housing assistance must go to citizens and eligible residents only, implementing President Trump’s order to end taxpayer subsidization of open-borders policies that left ordinary Americans footing the bill. It’s about restoring common-sense priorities: veterans, struggling families, and young people who play by the rules should come first.
The department also tightened FHA residency rules, removing the “non-permanent resident” eligibility category so government-backed mortgages won’t subsidize uncertain residency status going forward. That change, rolled out in March and set to take effect for case numbers after May 25, 2025, closes loopholes that previously allowed non-permanent residents into programs meant to stabilize homeownership for Americans. This isn’t cruelty; it’s fiscal responsibility and fairness.
Let’s be clear: conservatives aren’t anti-immigrant — we’re pro-rule-of-law and pro-American families. You can welcome legal immigration while also insisting that benefits funded by American taxpayers be reserved for Americans. The Trump HUD move is exactly the kind of accountability voters demanded after years of officials who applauded open borders while complaining about housing shortages.
Politics aside, the policy lesson is simple and urgent: if you want affordable housing for young Americans, you secure your border and stop creating government incentives that reward unlawful entry. At the same time we insist on enforcement, we must unleash conservative solutions — reform zoning, cut needless permitting delays, and encourage private-sector builders to build more homes where people actually want to live.
Washington’s elites spent years treating housing as a feel-good entitlement rather than a market problem that needs common-sense fixes. President Trump’s team is finally saying what every blue-collar parent knows — you cannot have unlimited demand dumped on a constrained supply and expect prices not to spike. That’s basic economics, and it’s time public policy reflected that lesson.
If Democrats want to keep lecturing about compassion while their policies price out the next generation, let them. Real patriots choose homes for young Americans, secure borders, and fiscal sanity. The Trump HUD approach puts Americans first, protects taxpayer dollars, and begins to restore the American Dream of owning a home to the people who earned it.
