If the point the author is trying to make is about having the option not to have to buy a home, then they'll certainly be happy to see the amount of single fami

If the point the author is trying to make is about having the option not to have to buy a home, then they'll certainly be happy to see the amount of single family home purchases that large corporations are making with a plan to rent them out at scale. Hard to say that will free up the savings of the bottom 50% for anything other than exploitation by those very parties, though.