> The national homeownership rate for the first quarter of 2019 was 64.2%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is below the historic average of 65.2%, whi

> The national homeownership rate for the first quarter of 2019 was 64.2%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is below the historic average of 65.2%, which dates back to the 1960s. Ugh I really wish we stopped caring so much about homeownership. Misguided pro-homeownership policies got rates unusually high in the mid 2000s, reaching almost 70% by 2005. It had no impact on wealth equality and almost certainly made the Great Recession worse, if not causing it entirely.