Latest Fact-checks in Housing Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category 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. 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. Dan Koh 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.” 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.” 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.” 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.” 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.” MAGA Inc stated on April 25, 2024 in an ad: President Joe Biden is paying rent for immigrants illegally in the country. 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”. 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.” Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2023 in video: Suggests homeless people mysteriously went missing in San Francisco. 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.” 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%.” Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation. 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.” 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." 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.” Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion." Charlie Crist stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference: “It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.” 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." Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2022 in a Facebook post: American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally. Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” Gavin Newsom stated on August 9, 2021 in a tweet: “California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.” Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic. Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.” Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2021 in a tweet: "The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse. Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden said, “I lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.” Patricia McCloskey stated on August 24, 2020 in a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention: Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”
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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. 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. Dan Koh 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.” 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.” 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.” 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.” 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.” MAGA Inc stated on April 25, 2024 in an ad: President Joe Biden is paying rent for immigrants illegally in the country. 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”. 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.” Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2023 in video: Suggests homeless people mysteriously went missing in San Francisco. 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.” 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%.” Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation. 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.” 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." 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.” Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion." Charlie Crist stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference: “It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.” 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." Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2022 in a Facebook post: American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally. Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” Gavin Newsom stated on August 9, 2021 in a tweet: “California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.” Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic. Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.” Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2021 in a tweet: "The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse. Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden said, “I lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.” Patricia McCloskey stated on August 24, 2020 in a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention: Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”
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.
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.
Dan Koh 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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
MAGA Inc stated on April 25, 2024 in an ad: President Joe Biden is paying rent for immigrants illegally in the country.
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”.
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.”
Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2023 in video: Suggests homeless people mysteriously went missing in San Francisco.
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.”
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%.”
Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation.
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.”
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."
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.”
Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."
Charlie Crist stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference: “It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”
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."
Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2022 in a Facebook post: American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally.
Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”
Gavin Newsom stated on August 9, 2021 in a tweet: “California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.”
Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.
Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2021 in a tweet: "The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.”
Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse.
Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden said, “I lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.”
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
Patricia McCloskey stated on August 24, 2020 in a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention: Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”
