ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Bush on Friday promoted his efforts to help Americans, especially minorities, "realize their dreams" of home ownership as he wooed the large Hispanic population of a state he barely lost four years ago.
"We want more people owning their own home in America," Bush said. His goal is to have 5.5 million minority homeowners in the country by the end of the decade.
Touting his tax cuts as the economy's savior — and pointing to the strong housing market as proof — Bush said "more people own their own home now than ever." More than 50 percent of minorities owned their own homes in the last three months of 2003 for the first time ever, the president said.
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Census Bureau Reveals Home Ownership At Record Low
(RTTNews) - In a report from the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday, it was revealed home ownership in 2007 saw its biggest one-year drop on record.
Homeowners accounted for 68 percent of occupied homes in the United States in the October-December period of 2007, representing a decline of 1.1 percent from the fourth quarter of 2006. Merely three years ago, in 2004 home ownership hit a record high of 69.2 percent. The report has been issued since 1965.
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