Democrats knock Trump's pledge to 'drive housing prices up'
Rising costs hit working families hardest while Washington debates spending priorities.
Democrats and much of the press are treating Trump’s offhand line as proof he wants to punish renters. That framing skips a basic reality: housing is both shelter and the largest asset most families will ever own, and millions are watching their equity get erased by inflation and bad policy. The real scandal is how Washington helped create the squeeze.
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Democratic lawmakers on Thursday slammed President Trump over comments he made about wanting to "drive housing prices up" for people who own their homes, with one congresswoman telling followers that he "doesn’t care about making your life more affordable." During a Cabinet meeting earlier Thursday, the president said he wants to keep homeowners "wealthy." "We're
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Democrats and much of the press are treating Trump’s offhand line as proof he wants to punish renters. That framing skips a basic reality: housing is both shelter and the largest asset most families will ever own, and millions are watching their equity get erased by inflation and bad policy.
The real scandal is how Washington helped create the squeeze. Cheap-money politics, zoning bottlenecks, and a flood of new demand without new supply turned “affordability” into a talking point instead of a plan. You can’t subsidize your way out of a shortage, and you can’t regulate builders into producing more homes.
Conservatives should be clear: affordability comes from supply and stable dollars, not from forcing prices down through schemes that spook investment. Property rights and public trust matter too. A government that casually targets home values is a government that invites instability. The principle at stake is simple: protect families’ savings while fixing the policies that made housing scarce.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.