Republican Ohio Senator J.D. Vance spoke about the negative effect that unfettered illegal immigration is having on the American housing market, during a recent hearing.

Vance explained that although we have millions of new arrivals in the United States looking for housing, the amount of housing has not increased nearly enough, making the market unstable and much more competitive.

As Vance put it, the math just doesn’t add up.

From his Senate page:

“I want to focus on one of the under-discussed components of the housing crisis in our country today, and that is its connection to mass illegal immigration. And just to sort of put a fine point and explain where I’m coming from on that, and why I’m raising this issue is I think that a lot of our friends on the other side of the aisle have convinced themselves that lax immigration is somehow a compassionate thing to do.” said Senator Vance.

“We cannot, as a country, absorb 10 million people and still provide high quality housing to the rest of our citizens. The math doesn’t work. The numbers don’t make sense. The increase in housing prices and rents is clear for all to see.”

See the video below:

JD Vance:

"We cannot, as a country, absorb 10 million people and still provide high quality housing to the rest of our citizens. The math doesn’t work. The numbers don’t make sense" pic.twitter.com/iFpglIGHUD

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 10, 2023

Vance is absolutely right about this. Anyone who has looked for a new house or apartment in recent months knows it’s true.

The bad news is that this problem is only going to get worse.

At the rate of 10,000 per day, it will take only 10 days to reach my city's population of 102,000. We already have homeless people galore.

America is in the midst of a housing shortage. Affordable housing options are shrinking, and there is an ongoing spike in housing costs. pic.twitter.com/9ScXCVFVnA

— Joni Job (@jj_talking) May 11, 2023

To make matters worse, the leftist Democrats are constantly creating new barriers to new housing construction based on their green agenda.

More Republicans need to start talking about this issue.

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Furniture retailer ‘Coco Republic’ is closing its flagship San Francisco store just seven months after opening, citing a lack of foot traffic and unsafe conditions due to crime.

Just days ago, T-Mobile announced that it was closing its San Francisco store for the very same reasons.

This is part of a larger pattern. Stores in San Francisco are closing almost every week.

The San Francisco Gate reports:

After 7 months, Coco Republic’s San Francisco flagship announces closure

In October 2022, after completing a multimillion-dollar renovation, Australian furniture and lifestyle retailer Coco Republic opened its flagship San Francisco location at 55 Stockton St. in Union Square.

Seven months later, a Coco Republic spokesperson told SFGATE that its flagship San Francisco location is set to close in the next few months, citing a familiar reason: lack of customer foot traffic, which the company pinned in part on unsafe conditions — or at least people’s perception of unsafe conditions — in the surrounding area.

“[It] has become clear that downtown San Francisco is no longer a viable option for Coco Republic’s flagship store,” the spokesperson wrote in an email, adding, “It was a difficult decision and one that was not taken lightly. The recent closings of Whole Foods, Nordstrom, Saks Off 5th and Anthropologie show that ours is not an isolated problem in Union Square, and we hope the city will be able to address the issues that are making it so challenging to do business there.”

Every store that closes is lost revenue for the city, lost jobs, lost opportunity, and lost choices for people who live there. All of this is being driven by crime, which the city seems unable or unwilling to deal with.

The spiral continues…
We are in so much serious trouble here.

After 7 months, Coco Republic's San Francisco flagship announces closure https://t.co/gCYWfpU6wv via @SFGate

— SF Conservative PATRIOT (@SF_Conservative) May 10, 2023

COCO Republic. San Francisco store shutting for all-too-familiar reasons: safety and well-being: pic.twitter.com/E3WbkArT63

— Richie Greenberg (@richieSF2016) May 11, 2023

Another business is leaving San Francisco because of @TheDemocrats' soft-on-crime policies.https://t.co/3DUW49WJZB

— Scott Ullman (@realEssYoo) May 11, 2023

Tales of a dying city: Closing due to lack of foot traffic as the area is no longer safe!!

After 7 months, Coco Republic's San Francisco flagship announces closure https://t.co/SR38sjIvT8 via @SFGate

— The Big Guy get 10% (@RobGerundo) May 11, 2023

When is San Francisco going to try to turn this trend around? When it’s a retail ghost town?

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