Word: ownership
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Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi wants to put a stop to it. He has called for a state law banning most foreign ownership of residential and agricultural land. Reason: the payouts have driven up real estate assessments by as much as 100%, so that people who do not sell are facing a crushing tax burden. Though Fasi's proposed law may not be considered by the state legislature this year, many Honolulu residents now support his call for action...
Paychecks have fallen so far behind spiraling rents that half the 13 million American families living in poverty are devoting a crushing 50% or more of their meager incomes to shelter. Higher up the social scale, the housing market is thwarting the dream of home ownership for additional millions of mostly young people. They remain in apartments because they cannot afford the high cash down payments and interest rates needed to buy a house. In fact, the U.S. has reversed a four-decade trend toward greater home ownership. The percentage of all households that own their homes, after climbing...
American women are taking up arms. Propelled by a rising tide of crime, more and more of them no longer seem willing to trust their safety solely to their husbands, their neighbors or the local police. Between 1983 and 1986, as gun sales to men held steady, gun ownership among women jumped 53%, to more than 12 million, according to a Gallup poll commissioned by gunmaker Smith & Wesson. Even more striking, the poll found that the number of women who were considering buying a weapon quadrupled, to nearly 2 million...
...interview with The Crimson, Real Bird described the Crow Nation as a people living in poverty despite their ownership of many natural resources. However, political changes were needed to exploit the reserves, he said...
Although actual home ownership costs have fallen from a peak in 1982, the cost of owning a typical "starter" home last year accounted for 32 percent of the average annual income of first-home buyers. This figure is up 50 percent from the 1970s, according to the study...