Times Independent | 1923-02-01 | Page 4 | Better Homes and Citizenship

better homes and citizenship hundreds of thousands of new hames have been built in the united fates during the pait past year says the manufacturer owning a home tends strongly to produce better citizenship both in children and adulte adults the house owner has a more direct interest than has the flat renter in efficient and economical government and in the improvement of his neighborhood and his city since anything that improves the social or physical condition increases the value of the home owners property and makes his home a better place to live in it used to be to argued that property owners paid all till the taxes and that renter renters escaped the fallacy of that view Is now well understood dundei stood indeed rapidly as taxes have gone up in the last few years the rents of flats and apartments have gone up still faster the landlord has passed hie his tax burden and more on to his tenants it Is good for any community that the own your home movement has made such progress that movement should be encouraged in all proper ways wan