Opinion
Rickety Origins Of The Economic House
The Roosevelt administration’s original political constituency for its housing and mortgage initiatives was organized labor, as its more candid leaders acknowledged.
Once the Fed took the post-September 11 "punch bowl" away from those seeking easy credit, a softening of the housing market was bound to follow.
Voucher programs encourage dependency and discourage personal responsibility and initiative. It's time to rethink them - housing vouchers, that is.
A Duke University professor makes an intriguing argument in favor of education vouchers: they would likely have significant impacts on the housing market by breaking the link between geographic location and school enrollment.