Why owning a house is overrated

A “For Sale” sign in front of a house in a Houston, Texas, neighborhood. | Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Jerusalem Demsas, editor-in-chief of The Argument, has a hot take when it comes to our housing woes: “Homeownership is overrated.”  That’s a particularly bold perspective when you take into account that 70 percent of Americans think owning a home is a key part of achieving the American dream. Demsas argues that our homeownership society is not all it’s cracked up to be, and that there can be a real joy in renting.  “I’m a renter and I love being a renter,” she said