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JD Vance wants women to have more babies. Conservative pro-natalists say cheaper housing is key.

May 28, 2025
JD Vance wants women to have more babies. Conservative pro-natalists say cheaper housing is key.

Proponents of boosting the declining US birth rate are targeting Americans' biggest expense: housing. They say what parents and would-be parents need are cheaper homes that would give their families the room and financial security to grow.
A recent report by the Institute for Family Studies, a conservative think tank that pushes for policies to increase the birth rate, concluded that housing costs were the single biggest factor stopping Americans from having as many kids as they want.

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