### ownership:

Home ownership
* Home Ownership Securing a mortgage is simply one step in the process to owning a home.
* adds to the economy in two ways.
* allows people greater control and responsibility over their living environment.
* brings new people and new energies into communities.
* can be a real alternative to renting
  - help build communities by giving residents a very real stake in their future
  - include family or generational housing
  - provide personal and financial security
* central contributor to socialital stability.
* critical way that people build assets by increasing their equity in their home.
* crucial means by which families can accumulate wealth.
* decreases crime.
* gives people a stake in the community and the chance to build equity and savings.
* has a profoundly beneficial impact on both community and individuals.
* helps to stabilize neighborhoods and strengthen communities.
* increases commitment to community of place.
* is an integral part of an individual's and a community's hope for the future
  - investment in society
  - at an all-time high in the United States
  - important also for the household economic benefits it can produce
  - more than a simple form of tenure or a commodity
  - most likely to be the province of married couples
  - one measure of a fair wage
* is one of the last tax shelters available to the middle class
  - major forms of real estate investment
  - something many consumers look forward to as a symbol ofsuccess
* is the backbone of the American economy
  - best investment a family can make
  - key to keeping our neighborhoods stable, healthy and safe
  - main vehicle by which American families accumulate wealth
  - percentage of homes occupied by their owners
  - primary source of economic wealth for American families
  - ultimate way for a person with a disability to be more independent
  - widespread in Anguilla, unlike many other Caribbean islands
* key wealth-building strategy.
* major indicator of financial integrity.
* means economic power.
* provides a hedge against inflation and a tax-free means of accumulating wealth
  - financial and family security
* significant platform for stable family life.
* strengthens a democracy by giving people a stake in their community.
* symbol of achievement.
* tool toward fighting poverty.

Media ownership
* mix of state owned and private.
+ Ultra high frequency, United States: Wave physics
  * PAX, which is owned by Paxson Communications, shows family-oriented programming. Its programming contains little or no sex, violence or strong language. Media ownership is said to be concentrated usually in one or more of the following ways.

### ownership:

Private ownership
* basic characteristic of capitalism
  - the American economic system
* encourages owners to better care for their property to ensure continued value
  - people to act selfishly toward others
* fosters greater responsibility and concern for one's affairs.
* holds the greatest hope for protecting natural resources.
* is fundamental to the operation of a market economy
  - the creed and law of the land
* means that most of the entire landscape has been logged at least once.
* promotes responsibility and cooperation.
* social function.
* undermines the conservation of resources.