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To: Ann Archy
BEFORE they demanded that ALL people should own their own homes whether they could afford it or not.

Sounds like Bush's ownership society to me - remember when it was a matter of Republican pride that home ownership was at historic highs?

Here, I'll help you

Expanding Homeownership. The President believes that homeownership is the cornerstone of America's vibrant communities and benefits individual families by building stability and long-term financial security. In June 2002, President Bush issued America's Homeownership Challenge to the real estate and mortgage finance industries to encourage them to join the effort to close the gap that exists between the homeownership rates of minorities and non-minorities. The President also announced the goal of increasing the number of minority homeowners by at least 5.5 million families before the end of the decade. Under his leadership, the overall U.S. homeownership rate in the second quarter of 2004 was at an all time high of 69.2 percent. Minority homeownership set a new record of 51 percent in the second quarter, up 0.2 percentage point from the first quarter and up 2.1 percentage points from a year ago. President Bush's initiative to dismantle the barriers to homeownership includes...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040809-9.html

126 posted on 03/17/2008 10:33:08 AM PDT by lucysmom
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To: lucysmom

Yes, but it was the CONGRESS that DEMANDED an end to RED-LINING which meant the banks had to lend to people who couldn’t afford IT!! pLUS THE INTEREST RATES WERE extremely low.


250 posted on 03/17/2008 1:19:08 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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