Jan. 28, 2026 7:30 AM PT
To the editor: The article written by Gavin J. Quinton factors out that we’ve got a housing scarcity and elevated housing prices (“Housing costs are crippling many Americans. Here’s how the two parties propose to fix that,” Jan. 26). Per the polls cited, the vast majority of People disapprove and are sad with the best way President Trump is dealing with the economic system, and he now says that affordability is a hoax. That’s even if he championed affordability at his rallies in 2024, which helped get him elected. Costs are up in homebuying, lease, groceries and healthcare. Wages aren’t maintaining with inflation, however Trump has an idea of a plan.
So as to add gasoline to the hearth, Trump is focusing on blue states and threatening to revoke federal funding based mostly on child-care and immigration insurance policies. We at present have a labor shortage in the construction business, and his immigration insurance policies are making it tougher for dwelling builders to satisfy the demand.
Trump’s priorities have to shift from appeasing his billionaire associates with tax cuts, and as an alternative deal with the vast majority of People who need assistance. As Invoice Clinton famously acknowledged, “It’s the economic system, silly.”
Anastacio Vigil, Santa Monica
