There was an article in the Union-Trib today talking about poverty in Escondido. One of the things it mentioned was the increasing incidence of immigrant families doubling up in apartments because of the rents.
On the other hand, there are two sides to this coin.
My brother-in-law the construction superintendent says that most of the labor in the new subdivisions are non-English speakers. The developers commonly use workers with questionable status as a means of controlling labor costs. So maybe this low-cost labor has helped keep prices lower on new construction than it would have been otherwise. Don’t laugh, I’m being serious!!