Showing America a New Way Home: Expanding Opportunities for Home Ownership (Jossey Bass Public Administration Series) [Hardcover]

James A. Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Jossey Bass Public Administration Series | Publication Date: September 1996

An insider's account of the initiatives that the world's largest financial corporatino is pursuing in order to increase home ownership, strengthen the housing industry, and boost the economy. Johnson explains the major forces shaping current patterns of home-ownership and describes new ways of making homes more affordable for all Americans.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Johnson is chair and CEO of Fannie Mae, the privately owned corporation that finances 20 percent of America's mortgages. As such, he could be expected to stump for home ownership, which he does in this book, including its history and its extent: 65 percent of American households own homes; for comparison, 30 percent do in Switzerland, 40 percent in Germany, and 61 percent in Japan. On the other hand, 33.5 million households rent, mainly, Johnson believes, because they don't know the mechanics and terminology of buying a home. He presents a ten-point program for increasing home ownership in America, hoping to raise it to 70 percent. Few would dispute the advantages of owning a home, but the obvious needs to be repeated now and then. Whether this justifies a whole book is problematic. Not an urgent purchase.?Alex Wenner, Indiana Univ. Libs., Bloomington
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 175 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub; 1st edition (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787902721
• ISBN-13: 978-0787902728
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,934,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #74 in Books > Law > Administrative Law > Housing & Urban Development

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