Joe the plumber, Linda the waitress, Alex the office worker and Mindy the factory worker all need affordable housing. What are the presidential candidates plans for turning renters into owners? Promoting a country of owners changes the financial future of the nation. It is what is best for the country.
Americans need a leg up not a handout. Affordable starter homes and condominiums for families, singles, retirees and young couples will fire up the economy. Stretching small budgets over big fluffy houses is irresponsible. Warehousing people in projects is not the answer either. Right sizing housing is the answer. In the 40's and 50's starter homes communities thrived and prospered. This lead to the most productive and prosperous era in the world. We need to learn from history and do the things that work.
What needs to change? Zoning and development has been short sighted in not providing new starter home neighborhoods and provisions in existing neighborhoods for smaller lots or higher density cottages. Developers say that there is not the demand for the smaller homes. Consumers want the most for their dollar. Real estate listing often stress quantity over quality. Banks have been making high risk loans and not educating borrowers about realistic housing budgets. Thoughtful and responsive development not a boom or bust roller coaster ride the housing and the economy riding on.
How can the presidential candidates address these housing and economic issues? We need McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden's economic plans to put housing "first" and "change" the future of this country. We need to increase the size of the middle class. Home ownership is the key to building our middle class. Our middle class is the heart of our economy. Workers like Joe, Linda, Alex and Mindy need a hand-up. They are the future of this country. Let America believe in them as they have believed in America.
Americans need a leg up not a handout. Affordable starter homes and condominiums for families, singles, retirees and young couples will fire up the economy. Stretching small budgets over big fluffy houses is irresponsible. Warehousing people in projects is not the answer either. Right sizing housing is the answer. In the 40's and 50's starter homes communities thrived and prospered. This lead to the most productive and prosperous era in the world. We need to learn from history and do the things that work.
What needs to change? Zoning and development has been short sighted in not providing new starter home neighborhoods and provisions in existing neighborhoods for smaller lots or higher density cottages. Developers say that there is not the demand for the smaller homes. Consumers want the most for their dollar. Real estate listing often stress quantity over quality. Banks have been making high risk loans and not educating borrowers about realistic housing budgets. Thoughtful and responsive development not a boom or bust roller coaster ride the housing and the economy riding on.
How can the presidential candidates address these housing and economic issues? We need McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden's economic plans to put housing "first" and "change" the future of this country. We need to increase the size of the middle class. Home ownership is the key to building our middle class. Our middle class is the heart of our economy. Workers like Joe, Linda, Alex and Mindy need a hand-up. They are the future of this country. Let America believe in them as they have believed in America.
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