Agrarianism Without Agriculture?
…political, and economic decentralization and the widespread ownership of property” in opposition “to the growth of corporate farming, the decay of the small town, and the expansion of centralized political…
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Two Dilemmas Urbanists and Housing Advocates have to Face
First, we often have two inconsistent objectives. The first is good housing for all and ownership for many. The second is that home ownership should be a ‘wealth builder’ for…
A Conference Held to Honor my Father, Howard F. Ahmanson Sr.: “WWHD — What Would Howard Do?”
…AT&T. If home ownership was a wealth builder, it was because you were not throwing away money on rent [although you were, to a degree, on interest] and your equity…
Why I am not a Communitarian
…fill the lanes. But I would put into that category the whole category of property ownership, business, the right to make rules regarding the conduct of others on our property,…
The Unbreakable Contradiction in Our View of Housing
…the eternal contradiction. Hertz goes on to explain that blacks, in particular, were less included in the opportunities of homeownership of the period we now call the Great Compression or…
What Kevin Starr Doesn’t Get About Small Towns
…15070) And shortly afterwards he adds Americans believed, moreover – so [Constance] Perin reports – that home ownership provided the middle class a means of deliberately separating itself from people…
Why Non-Suburbanites Distrust Suburbanites
…were trying to leave, therefore no fans of ‘small government’ at the local level; if home ownership is to be a good investment, it helps if not too many homes…
More on Manners and Customs
…and he has to figure it out for himself. But the enforcement of Manners depends on the sphere of Property Ownership and Business, which gives us a basis to enforce…
No Place Like Home Conference – June 3, 2013
This conference is being hosted by me and others to discuss the current state of subsidized home ownership in America, something that has been happening since the end of World…
Why The Dream Declined
…the reasons why the American dream of subsidized home ownership [discussed in Eric Abrahamson’s new book, Building Home] imploded in the 1970s despite the fact that the FHA, VA, Fannie…