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Stopping immigration will also stop housing construction, a large proportion of builders are immigrants. Official numbers that say 90% of builders are British a
by lores 2y ago
Stopping immigration will also stop housing construction, a large proportion of builders are immigrants. Official numbers that say 90% of builders are British are hilariously inaccurate - construction is notably a cash-in-hand informal industry in the UK, and neither employer nor employee has any incentive in reporting their relationship. Source: several unrelated friends in the industry.
- DrBazza 2y agoBy "stopping" do you mean reversing immigration? If so, then yes that could "stop" housing construction. Reducing net immigration by any amount wouldn't stop house building as those workers are already UK residents.
- lores 2y agoNo, because those immigrant builders tend to return to their original country once they have made enough money. For example, there are ~30% fewer Poles in the UK now than in 2017, which has led to a big shortage of plumbers and builders. Anecdotally, my neighbour is a Romanian builder, and will go home once he can buy a nice house in the mountains.