Homeownership (was What did the Anti-War Movement Lead To?)

[Max B. Sawicky]

> > San Francisco?  I think a few more data points
> > on this would add perspective.  Let's hear from
> > Cleveland, Biloxi, or Bangor
> >
> This from Tampa, FL:
> It's possible to work a scut job, making $6-6.50 an hour down here, and
> afford a one bedroom apt. That apt. would be in a big, dreary, complex
> with aged wall-to-wall carpeting in a somewhat sketchy area. Such apts. go
> for about $350-375/month.
> Apartments along our nude club/pawn shop/residential hotel corridor rent
> for $250-275/month.
> Cheap but scary.

But we were talking about housing affordability,
and the time to become a home owner is not when
one is at the bottom of the wage ladder, either
now or thirty years ago.

The more salient issue would seem to be how
the distribution of ownership has changed
over time, taking account of cross-cutting
factors like age, race, and family structure.

Cheers,

MBS