Scott Turner said weak immigration enforcement during the Biden-Harris administration played a central role in driving the nation’s housing crisis, arguing that the influx of illegal immigrants reduced housing supply and pushed costs higher for Americans.

He said restoring border security, enforcing fiscal discipline, and reducing regulatory burdens are key steps toward improving housing affordability.

“I’ll get to the root when you look at during the Biden administration and the weak immigration policies that impacted our country,” Turner said.

“Millions, 10s of millions, of illegal immigrants came across our borders unchecked, and that caused the housing supply to go down and the cost to go up.”

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Turner said the combination of border enforcement and fiscal responsibility is beginning to reverse those trends.

“And so now you see, with secure borders, with our fiscal house getting in order, this is a step towards housing affordability, increasing housing affordability for the people in our country,” he said.

He said multiple policy options are being pursued to address affordability, including measures related to mortgages, interest rates, and regulatory relief.

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Turner pointed to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s recent efforts as evidence of progress.

“I know at HUD, this year alone, we have helped over 1,000,000 first time home buyers through our FHA and Ginnie Mae programs at HUD,” Turner said.

He described that effort as positive news and encouraged Americans considering purchasing their first home to explore those programs.

“That’s some good news that the American people can celebrate, and also to be encouraged to look at FHA and look at Ginnie Mae if you’re a first time home buyer,” he said.

Turner said reducing regulatory barriers is essential to increasing housing supply and lowering costs.

He emphasized the need to cut red tape at both the federal and local levels.

“Cutting red tape, taking down burdensome regulations, not only from a federal standpoint, but also from a local standpoint,” he said.

He also cited an early policy change at HUD aimed at restoring local control over housing decisions.

“One of the first acts we had at HUD was taking down the affirmatively further and fair housing rule to restore local control,” Turner said.

Turner said those actions are part of a broader strategy to increase supply and bring down costs.

“And so these ideas, these policy actions that have been taken will continue to happen to bring down affordability and to raise the supply,” he said, adding that “many other ideas will be given to the President.”

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The root of the housing crisis is the flood of illegals that saturated supply. ⁰⁰

In spite of Biden, more than 1 million Americans became first-time homebuyers under President Trump, and we want more! pic.twitter.com/PI4H9pkvOV

— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) December 28, 2025

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