Most productive Americans would agree that owning a home is a major part of achieving the ever-elusive American Dream. Owning a home gives one a stake in one’s domicile; it gives one a stake in one’s neighborhood and community. However, it is a piece of the American Dream that is increasingly out of reach for many of our younger generations.
That’s too bad. But there’s a proposal to make that a little easier by using federal lands that are adjacent to some of our urban and suburban areas to ease the housing supply crisis and thus lower prices – but there are several catches.
President Trump must follow through on his campaign pledge “to open up tracts of federal land for housing construction.”
The housing market depends largely on interest rates and zoning — factors outside any president’s direct control. But the massive federal land portfolio gives…
