Title: No place like home : wealth, community, and the politics of homeownership /
Authors: McCabe, Brian J.,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Home ownership United States; Community development United States.; Wealth United States; Community development; Home ownership; Wealth; United States
Abstract: While Americans often believe that owning a home serves as a tool for building stronger communities and crafting better citizens, this book argues that these long-standing beliefs about the public benefits of homeownership are deeply mischaracterized.
Contents: Introduction : wealth, community, and the politics of homeownership -- Selling the citizen homeowner : the civic roots of the American dream -- Building a nation of homeowners : federal housing policy in the twentieth century -- Building wealth? Property values and the civic habits of homeowners -- Building community? homeownership and the politics of exclusion -- Subsidizing a nation of homeowners : rethinking federal homeownership subsidies -- Conclusion : citizenship in a nation of homeowners.