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Best Article Politics

How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality

An enormous entitlement in the tax code props up home prices—and overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy and the upper middle class.

Matthew Desmond New York Times Magazine May 2017 30min Permalink