Yesterday, I showed how a lack of construction labor has driven increased construction costs since 2015. The new anti-immigration stance by the Federal Government will make this worse. A full third of construction workers are immigrants. Cutting immigration will make home building more expensive.
Reposted from
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
Immigrants accounted for 34% of workers in the construction trades last year and the jobs with the highest shares of immigrants are:
• Plasterers (61% foreign born)
• Drywall installers (61%)
• Roofers (52%)
• Painters (51%)
• Carpet/floor/tile installers (45%)
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/role-re...
• Plasterers (61% foreign born)
• Drywall installers (61%)
• Roofers (52%)
• Painters (51%)
• Carpet/floor/tile installers (45%)
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/role-re...
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