Trump should get his messaging team (which to date has been his phone and babble he writes on Truth Social..... but that is another discussion ) to tout a housing win that is clearly being buried by the compliant press and the Dems very virulent messaging team.
The issue is rents. February's rent report continues a trend that has been ongoing for a year. The cost to rent housing has declined month to month. Rents are down 0.2% month-over-month, down 1.4% year-over-year.Apartment List National Rent Report (https://www.apartmentlist.com/research/national-rent-data)

Where he can really make hay over this is the reason why . Trump's deportation polices have played a crucial role .
The foreign born population declined from 53.3 million in January 2025 to 51.9 million in June 2025, a decline of 1.4 million. This represents the first major decline in the immigrant population in decades.


New Population Estimates Show Decline in Net International Migration (https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2026/01/historic-decline-in-net-international-migration.html)

Key findings about U.S. immigrants | Pew Research Center (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findings-about-us-immigrants/)

Even the LA Times ;no fan of Trump admits this is good news ,

'Finally, a renter's market': L.A. rent prices drop to four-year low - Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-28/finally-renters-market-la-rent-prices-drop-to-four-year-low)

Permitting reforms are also a factor .But it appears the market has become renter friendly primarily because of vacancies created when illegals depart . Apparently this can happen without big government solutions like rent controls .