> convincing suburban Americans to buy smaller houses In USA, a person's house value has become their retirement plan. A quick free-market solution is to elimi

> convincing suburban Americans to buy smaller houses In USA, a person's house value has become their retirement plan. A quick free-market solution is to eliminate the house mortgage interest deduction and make all of the sale price capital gains. Let the builders compete on quality, price, and maintainability rather than being subsidized by tax policy.