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1. shame on the guardian for that math-impaired headline.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:47 AM

Jun 2015

the *rate* of home ownership is at a 20-year low.

the *number of homeowners* doesn't appear to be mentioned in the article, but i suspect it's still rather above where it was 20 years ago.

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Number of US homeowners reaches 20-year low [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2015 OP

shame on the guardian for that math-impaired headline. unblock Jun 2015 #1

Nope jtuck004 Jun 2015 #2

given the population increase in the last 20 years, unblock Jun 2015 #3

I'm sure you have a reason for not looking, just like dog poop is now more important than jtuck004 Jun 2015 #4

wtf did i do to you? unblock Jun 2015 #5

here we go, link from the census: unblock Jun 2015 #6

HO Rate much worse than that - 1980 Q1: 65.5%; 2015 Q1: 63.8 Yo_Mama Jun 2015 #7

i agree. i'm not saying the the number of homeowners is a useful indicator of anything. unblock Jun 2015 #8