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“For the first time in the history of America, New Deal policies made homeownership a real possibility for white families, but black families were…

— Matthew Desmond

We need to remake and reinvent our housing system so that it supports the flexibility and mobility of our economic system broadly. Home-ownership is…

— Richard Florida

Ours was not always a nation of homeowners; the New Deal fashioned it so, particularly through the G.I. Bill of Rights.

— Matthew Desmond

“We have become a nation incapable of living within our means. We seem incapable of accepting the reality that owning a home is not…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“The bottom line is that the government has artificially mitigated lenders’ risk, and it has done so on the perverse, altruistic premise that “society”…

— Yaron Brook

“Consider the recent financial crisis and its link to faulty reward systems. President Bill Clinton's objective of increasing homeownership by rewarding potential home buyers…

— Max H. Bazerman

Home ownership is the cornerstone of a strong community.

— Rick Renzi

I don't know exactly why the notion of homeownership has such a grasp on the American imagination. Perhaps as descendants of landless immigrants we…

— Ellen Goodman

“The only reason the government didn’t stop the financiers was because it approved of what they were doing: helping to lower the cost of…

— Yaron Brook

Mitt Romney and I don't agree on every issue and certainly housing is one of them. When you look at what is going on…

— Joe Heck

The challenges of delivering more housing so people can enjoy the benefits of home ownership and improving standards and choice in public services can…

— Priti Patel

“Home ownership is equated with the American dream—but what do we do? What we are encouraged to do by family, friends, banks, and politicians?…

— Conrad Cooper