I disagree. I do not think it is a lie that OFTEN boomers were riding a wave of home ownership. Nobody can speak for all boomers or any group for that matter. I know of boomers (older, granted) that took an average job, bought a house on one income and quietly got passively rich as their home increased in value over the years. What you say is also true, but not in all cases.
You said *without much effort*, and while SOME may have done it that way, as in every generation, that was not the case for almost everyone I knew.
It took effort, buying what you could afford, fixing it up, budgeting your money. There was effort in home ownership then. It’s just that nobody whined and complained about it like they do today. It was just taken for granted.