Show HOMES 1 hundreds of thousands of new homes have been built in the united states during the past year owning a home tends strongly to produce bet ter citizenship both in children and in adults the houe house owner has a more direct interest than has the flat renter in efficient and economical government and in the improvement of his net neigh gh boyhood and his city since anything that improves the community a social or physical condition increases the value of the homo home owner owners s property and makes his home a better place to live in it used to be argued that property owners paid all the taxes and that renters escaped the fallacy of that view Is now well understood in deed 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 his tax burden and more on to his tenants it Is good tor for any community that the own your home movement has made such progress that move ment should be encouraged in all proper ways |