Are People Really Saying That?

Last year we had 1.5 million people immigrating to the UK and half a million leaving, so that means you need to build new houses. So I find this argument on the left perplexing. Are people really saying that? It's interesting because also I've read papers which sort of argue it's dangerous to say supply matters. If you pretend that rental prices and house prices are about supply and demand, you're buying into an argument which people who are against immigration might buy into your.