Housing Scorecard true 0% 34 Checks mostly-true 0% 36 Checks Half True 0% 40 Checks mostly-false 0% 26 Checks false 0% 33 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 12 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Housing JD Vance stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview: Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage. November 20, 2025 Ron DeSantis stated on October 15, 2025 in a speech: In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences. October 30, 2025 stated on October 9, 2025 in remarks on CNN: As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.” October 16, 2025 JD Vance stated on March 10, 2025 in a speech: “Under the previous administration … the cost of a median-price home in America more than doubled, and that was just in four years.” By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2025 TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok: “JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.” January 30, 2025 Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2024 in an Instagram post: "BREAKING: Zillow CEO just said on CNBC Trump's deportation plan will help with housing affordability.” By Samantha Putterman • November 12, 2024 JD Vance stated on August 16, 2024 in a post on X: “Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes.” August 22, 2024 MAGA Inc stated on April 25, 2024 in an ad: President Joe Biden is paying rent for immigrants illegally in the country. By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 9, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 16, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: Una ley en Estados Unidos dice “si una casa no está habitada, podemos expropiarla”. By Maria Briceño • April 9, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 16, 2024 in an Instagram post: A U.S. law says that “if a house is not inhabited, we can expropriate it.” By Maria Briceño • April 5, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2023 in video: Suggests homeless people mysteriously went missing in San Francisco. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 30, 2023 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on November 8, 2023 in Republican primary debate: An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.” By Samantha Putterman • November 15, 2023 Shelley Moore Capito stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on X: “#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.” By Sophia Bookwood • October 5, 2023 Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation. By Amy Sherman • July 18, 2023 Tim Scott stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release: “For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.” By Matthew Crowley • May 19, 2023 Nikki Haley stated on April 21, 2023 in a tweet: “Buyers with good credit scores will pay even more to cover for those with bad credit." By Samantha Putterman • May 3, 2023 The Gateway Pundit stated on September 1, 2022 in in an article: Bank of America “announced a new mortgage home loan program for first-time homebuyers. But only blacks and Hispanics will be eligible.” By Gabrielle Settles • September 6, 2022 Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion." By Nusaiba Mizan • May 19, 2022 Charlie Crist stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference: “It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.” By Yacob Reyes • May 16, 2022 John Macco stated on April 18, 2022 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes. Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion." By Madeline Heim • May 6, 2022 Load More Latest Articles Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments? • November 11, 2025 Fact-checking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on insurance rates, education and gun laws By Sara Swann • March 5, 2025 Debate vicepresidencial entre Tim Walz y JD Vance: PolitiFact verificó lo que dijeron • October 2, 2024 Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2024 Donald Trump’s rally spotlighted the Biden, Trump economies. We fact-checked the graphics By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2023 As Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential bid, how has Florida fared economically on his watch? By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023 In Context: What a Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator said about migrant housing • September 16, 2022 The CDC’s new eviction moratorium: Is it legal? By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2021 What’s happening with the federal eviction moratorium and rental assistance? By Jon Greenberg, Kelsey Sena Tamakloe • August 3, 2021 Yes, the price of plywood is up in the range of 252%, with market factors to blame • April 15, 2021 Sacramento Could Be One Of First Cities To Reform Single-Family Zoning. Here’s How It Would Work. By Chris Nichols • February 25, 2021 What’s in Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan? By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2021 Kamala Harris Says She ‘Took On The Big Banks’ As California Atty. General. Did She Go Far Enough? By Chris Nichols • August 25, 2020 Donald Trump’s executive order on evictions, explained By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2020 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2020 Latest promises about Housing Joe Biden Provide Section 8 vouchers to low-income families to cap housing costs at 30% of income Biden falls short on promise to provide Section 8 vouchers to ‘every’ eligible family | December 6, 2024 Joe Biden Increase access to affordable housing Joe Biden made investments to expand affordable housing, but congressional gridlock limited efforts | December 3, 2024 Barack Obama Expand the YouthBuild program, a youth education and housing program. YouthBuild is bigger, but not as big as the goal | November 28, 2012 Barack Obama Fully fund the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Obama’s budgets reverse attempts at cutting block grant funding | June 23, 2010 Barack Obama Create a Homeowner Obligation Made Explicit (HOME) score for mortgage comparisons New standards included in Dodd-Frank | May 24, 2012 Barack Obama Allow bankruptcy judges to modify terms of a home mortgage House rejects “cramdown” amendment on bankruptcy modifications of home mortgages | January 7, 2010 Barack Obama Increase the supply of affordable housing throughout metropolitan regions Housing promise only partially built out | December 27, 2016 Barack Obama Expand housing vouchers program for homeless veterans Vouchers increasing by fits and starts | November 3, 2011 Barack Obama Launch a supportive services-housing program for veterans to prevent homelessness Homeless prevention program launched | January 30, 2012 Latest promises about Housing
Joe Biden Provide Section 8 vouchers to low-income families to cap housing costs at 30% of income Biden falls short on promise to provide Section 8 vouchers to ‘every’ eligible family | December 6, 2024
Joe Biden Increase access to affordable housing Joe Biden made investments to expand affordable housing, but congressional gridlock limited efforts | December 3, 2024
Barack Obama Expand the YouthBuild program, a youth education and housing program. YouthBuild is bigger, but not as big as the goal | November 28, 2012
Barack Obama Fully fund the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Obama’s budgets reverse attempts at cutting block grant funding | June 23, 2010
Barack Obama Create a Homeowner Obligation Made Explicit (HOME) score for mortgage comparisons New standards included in Dodd-Frank | May 24, 2012
Barack Obama Allow bankruptcy judges to modify terms of a home mortgage House rejects “cramdown” amendment on bankruptcy modifications of home mortgages | January 7, 2010
Barack Obama Increase the supply of affordable housing throughout metropolitan regions Housing promise only partially built out | December 27, 2016
Barack Obama Expand housing vouchers program for homeless veterans Vouchers increasing by fits and starts | November 3, 2011
Barack Obama Launch a supportive services-housing program for veterans to prevent homelessness Homeless prevention program launched | January 30, 2012
