{"product_id":"2940148349839","title":"Making Home Ownership a Reality","description":"For millions of working families, owning a home has come to symbolize the American dream. \u003cbr\u003eThrough homeownership, a family acquires a place to live and raise children and invests in an \u003cbr\u003easset that can grow in value and provide the capital needed for future economic opportunities. \u003cbr\u003eHomeownership can also stimulate the physical, economic, and social revitalization of \u003cbr\u003eneighborhoods. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is committed \u003cbr\u003eto promoting homeownership for all Americans, including families of modest means, and has set \u003cbr\u003ea goal with its national partners to generate up to 8 million additional homeowners by the year \u003cbr\u003e2000, which translates into a national homeownership rate of up to 67.5 percent.  A concurrent \u003cbr\u003egoal is to narrow the gap between the number of low income homeowners and other \u003cbr\u003ehomeowners. \u003cbr\u003eBecause of this commitment, HUD is searching for best practices and studying homeownership \u003cbr\u003emodels.  To learn more about one of the most successful homeownership programs for low \u003cbr\u003eincome families, the Department funded Making Homeownership a Reality:  Survey of Habitat \u003cbr\u003efor Humanity International Homeowners and Affiliates. This study is the first to present \u003cbr\u003esystematic information collected from Habitat homeowners and their experiences with \u003cbr\u003ehomeownership.  Findings from this study will help inform the Department as it continues to \u003cbr\u003epromote and implement homeownership among low income families.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072752959728,"sku":"2940148349839","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148349839_p0.jpg?v=1763701753","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148349839","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}