Homeownership

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Homeownership has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Daily Show (Feb 2026). Homeownership is presented as a key 'marker' of middle-class status, enabled historically by long-term amortized mortgages and undermined by exclusion and affordability…

Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live. The home can be a house, such as a single-family house, an apartment, condominium, or a housing cooperative. In addition to providing housing, owner-occupancy also functions as a real estate investment.