The mindset of people who have never had to pay to maintain a house due to renting, never knowing anyone who has done anything but rent, is hard on a house. You see this to lesser extent in any entry level neighborhood with new homeowners, the maintenance on many of them is spotty and neglected. This effect is greatly magnified when the parties “buying” the house are not particularly responsible, not really all that interested in being a homeowner other than somebody told them they’d have more money, and not attuned to paying for home maintenance at all.
Yep. I talked to this black lady who had one of these charity homes built for her back in the late eighties. I said “wow must be nice to have a brand new home.” She responded “not really; there’s no landlord to call when something breaks.”
Homeownership isn’t for everyone. Tiny house? Where will they put the 8’ flat screen TV?