In the US, the government already heavily subsidizes home ownership via the mortgage-interest tax deduction[0]. From Wikipedia, it seems that similar programs e

In the US, the government already heavily subsidizes home ownership via the mortgage-interest tax deduction[0]. From Wikipedia, it seems that similar programs exist worldwide as well[1] [0] http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/06/14/154344781/why-does-the-mortgage-interest-tax-deduction-still-exist http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/06/14/154344781/why-does... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_mortgage_interest_deduction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_mortgage_interest_deductio...