Commentary: Kamala Harris’ War on Housing

Kamala Harris

As Kamala Harris campaigns to become the most powerful person in the world, her detractors claim, among other things, that she has no idea how to manage the economy. She has certainly demonstrated that with her recent pronouncements. Even her usual supporters have been critical of her economic policy suggestions. Price controls on groceries. $25,000 grants for first-time homebuyers. A tax on unrealized capital gains. But while Harris backpedals from some of her most economically illiterate schemes, it’s only to attract more votes. Don’t be fooled. She hasn’t changed.

To demonstrate Harris’s long-standing record of waging economic war on productive citizens, consider her actions while serving as California’s Attorney General. She used that office to support policies that made homes unaffordable. Those policies roll out from California and infect the rest of the country.

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Commentary: The Government Is Making Housing Shortage Worse

Home Buyer

Nearly every city across the country is experiencing some of the highest home prices and rents in decades. And in Tennessee, a recent statewide listening tour by the Beacon Center confirmed that housing remains the top concern among voters. So it’s no surprise that politicians on the left and right—from Vice President Kamala Harris to Tennessee’s attorney general—are talking quite a bit about housing prices.

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