Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Housing affordability -- Housing segregation and discrimination -- Homelessness -- Homeownership and home financing -- Housing development, planning, and the environment -- Conclusion -- Figures

Introduction -- Methods -- Physical health limitations and financial hardship -- Financial stress and satisfaction -- Mental health and sense of control -- Local voting -- Civic engagement -- Social capital -- Collective efficacy and perceived crime -- Homeownership: mechanisms and dependencies...

"In the United States, homeownership is synonymous with economic security and middle-class status. It has played this role in American life for almost a century, and as a result, homeownership's centrality to Americans' economic lives has come to seem natural and inevitable. But this state of...