Stephen Miller Slams NYC's Housing Giveaway: 40% of Rent-Controlled Units Occupied by Migrants

https://twitchy.com ^ | November 18, 2025 | justmindy

[stanne]

No

[Wallace T.]

One very large problem, not only in New York but in the blue cities generally, is the governmental obstacles imposed on the construction of new housing. Beyond the disincentives of rent control, obstacles like zoning laws designed to protect lower density neighborhoods from denser housing, designation of often derelict 100+ year old buildings as an “historic district”, mandatory use of union labor, minority and women set-asides in contracts, environmental regulations, and onerous building codes all militate against market driven solutions.

[gloryblaze]

Why does the media never make the distinction between LEGAL and ILLEGAL immigrants.

As usual, the media blurs an important distinction causing confusion.

For sure! Different as night and day and very important.

I thought the rent controlled ones were impossible to get because the holders had too good a deal to give up.

[Sacajaweau]

They weren’t that specific...

[packrat35]

They don’t care about us. They are trying to replace us.

[BigFreakinToad]

They elected him, so I have no fuches to give

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I watched the clip. Miller says “foreign born” are living in the rent controlled housing. Eric Daugherty, the Chief Content Officer of “Florida Voice News” wrote “Migrants.” Disappointed that he did that. But Miller spelled it out correctly.

[Brian Griffin]

“designation of often derelict 100+ year old buildings as an “historic district””

That is done to encourage investment.

The builders had a chance to redevelop before but didn’t.

[Savage Beast]

Is “migrants” newspeak for illegal immigrants?

[Wuli]

I do not believe Miller’s 40% figure. Most rental units with leases under rent control do not change hands often. Once renting under rent control the tenant either does not move for years and years, or when they do move they (1) do not move their stuff out, (2) keep the lease and keep the location as primary address and (3) sublet the unit to a family member legally or illegally.

When Bidens illegals began arriving most NYC units renting under rent control were rented, not vacant.

Maybe Miller is using “immigrants” in the very broad term, which includes - in NYC - tons of legal immigrants and many “green card” holders. Many are legal immigrants here legally for decades.

Miller needs to substantiate and detail his claim.

Also, taxpayers do not subsidize rent control apartments. Rent control is a means of depriving the landlord from obtaining a rent an open market would permit. Who “pays” is the landlord not the taxpayer.

[tumblindice]

Same here. Why are “migrants” living in subsidised housing when Americans can’t afford homes?
Why are the criminaliens still here, almost a year later?
Private Trump, why aren’t you stomping Private Jiminez’s guts out?

[Brian Griffin]

“protect lower density neighborhoods from denser housing”

I’d rather not have a three-story apartment house built next door. The State of Florida allows three-story housing in commercial zone areas.

There are plenty of places in Los Angeles that would benefit from redevelopment, Hancock Park isn’t one of them.

There was a set of rules established. Families made investments in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now you want to change the rules.

It’s like Daniel Drew’s “watering of the stock”.

How long before the Gimmes each get 100 shares of Apple stock?

Build the denser housing on vacant/unused/blighted lots. There’s a lot of ugly places in Metro NY.

Don’t make your problem my problem.

[Sacajaweau]

Miller said they are not all illegals...probably just a few.

[deport]

I voted for Trump (3 times)

...........

Hang in there, Trump has a little over two years to
accomplish all of the things he promised or said he
would do. Then it will be the Dems time to serve
and add more things to the USA debt.

[Brian Griffin]

“zoning laws designed to protect lower density neighborhoods from denser housing”

Before zoning, mortgages were limited to 50%.

[EnderWiggin1970]

I have no problem with legal migrants. But every illegal immigrant is driving up housing costs for everyone while breaking the law to boot.

[MarlonRando]

Yeah it beats Kamala and decrepit Joe by a million times so we will see, but realistically, I’m not gonna hold my breath and assume that all 50 million illegals are gonna disappear. That was just a dream. All politicians say all sorts of things to get elected.

[Brian Griffin]

Any place with expensive housing is going to have higher wages.

Immigrants from around the world are going to flock to where they can make more money.

Their multi-generational households have three or more workers.

Single workers, citizens and foreigners alike, can triple or quadruple up in three-bedroom and four-bedroom houses.

Traditional American families with just two workers at most are going to get economically displaced except at the very top end.

[Brian Griffin]

“legal immigrants”

I want quality immigrants only.

[Brian Griffin]

Enter in bills for two constitutional amendments so Democrats can’t buy more votes than now:

Levies on any residential property of less than 2799 square feet of finished living space shall be no higher than the 2019 dollar amounts for the property, or for a newer or since resold property no higher than what it would have been levied at for 2019 if it lacked owner specific tax breaks, increased by 3% per calendar year since 2019 and by any percentage increase to its finished living space.

Federal taxation on personal income shall be progressively capped as follows:
below 20% of the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 10%,
below 50% of the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 22%,
below the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 30%,
below the average federal full-time civilian employee compensation of the 100,000 largest recipients, 35%,
below the average federal full-time civilian employee compensation of the 10,000 largest recipients, 40%.

[Note 1: All percentages to include employee FICA and self-employment tax as they are income taxes.]
[Note 2: These are very close to the combined (1040 + employee FICA & Medicare) personal income tax rates now levied.]
[Note 3: Anything that the IRS would as of January 1, 2024 legally be able to collect income tax on if provided to any person would be considered compensation.]

Fighting in Congress to send middle-class income and property taxation cap constitutional amendments to the states would make Congress turn deep red come 2027.