Is the benefit of homeownership to society worth the subsidy cost?

Homeownership is considered a universal good by politicians. However, the benefits of ownership are not worth the costs of the subsidies politicians put in place.

For over 100 years, every presidential administration embraced homeownership as a panacea, quelling civil unrest, creating citizens...
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