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A Path to Homeownership ReportFebruary 24, 2010

Homeownership continues to provide real social and economic benefits and remains a high priority for most American families, but the United States is experiencing significant declines in the ownership rate for the first time in decades. What we need is greater availability of targeted purchase assistance programs that address wealth barriers to homeownership. (iStockphoto)

A Path to Homeownership

Report from Rick Jacobus and David M. Abromowitz explains shared equity purchase assistance and how it would help promote homeownership.

Feb 24, 2010

Rick Jacobus, David M. Abromowitz

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