Sustainable homeownership, rather than just owning a home, is the new American dream. Sustainable not in the sense of building houses with "green" materials, but in the sense of buying a house and keeping it for the long haul.
I found the phrase at the end of an interesting paper on "The Long-Term Value of Home Ownership in the U.S." by National Association of Realtors spokesman Walter Molony.
Sustainability means not having to worry about affording the mortgage or the taxes, or watching the mail every day for the court notice giving you 30 days to answer a lender's suit to foreclose on your house.
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