It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.

Home ownership is the cornerstone of a strong community.

My city. I pondered that phrase, wondered why Barrons felt that way. He never said “our world.” He always said “your world.” But he called Dublin his city. Merely because he’d been in it so long? Or had Barrons, like me, been beguiled by her tawdry grace, fallen for her charm and colorful dualities?

I looked around “my” bookstore. That was what I called it. Did we call the things of our heart our own, whether they were or not?

I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.

Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.

The home ownership process for Native Americans has been hobbled by bureaucratic delays and regulations.