Fact Check: Did Biden raise rental costs by 40% to 50% by housing unauthorized immigrants in vacant units?

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Claimant: Donald Trump (R)

Claim: President Joe Biden “raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units.”

Rating: MOSTLY FALSE

Explanation: A Federal Reserve working paper attributed 4.3 percentage points of a 22.6% increase in rental prices from 2021 to 2024 to unauthorized immigration, far below Trump’s estimate. PolitiFact also found no evidence that the Biden administration housed unauthorized immigrants in vacant rental units.

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Date: 07/12/2026

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Last Updated on July 12, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check

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