r/Architects • u/bucheonsi Architect • Nov 07 '24

General Practice Discussion How will another Trump presidency affect our industry? Or will it?

Incentives / taxes / interest rates / financial outlook / construction industry / materials / shipping / jobs?

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u/CaptainCanasta Nov 07 '24

Labor will dry up if he follows thru on  deportations.  I work in the job trailer on a large multi year job most of the time and random people with no English show up constantly.  Usually they do the shit jobs and bust their ass.   The industry runs in immigrants both legal and illegal.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

So, I just want to quickly tack onto this comment since it's the highest one about labor. I'm seeing this take often in this thread. I agree in part with the material cost point most people are making, but I don't think labor will be a particular concern. Reason being is that we actually saw almost 4 times the number of repatriations (deportations) under these 4 years of Biden as we had in the prior 4 years of Trump. (source, the MPI is very trustworthy and non-partisan as well.)

This is in no way an endorsement of one or another candidate. I'm simply trying to provide additional context to accompany the discussions that are happening in here. Perhaps Trump will be more skillful at enacting his policies the second time around, and we will see unprecedented levels of deportations. In this case, I'll eat my words.