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Houses on the eastern side of the 600 block of S. Willow Road in Evansville, Indiana, United States. (Credit: Nyttend/Wikimedia COmmons)
INDIANAPOLIS — Who dreamed up the American Dream of homeownership? Was it a homebuilder, a mortgage banker or a real estate broker? Homeownership is subsidized by governments, advertised as a desirable form of holding assets and believed to be an indicator of moral character. Actually, it is just an archaic extension of the powers afforded the ...