[igonvalue]

In the US, the government already heavily subsidizes home ownership via the mortgage-interest tax deduction[0]. From Wikipedia, it seems that similar programs exist worldwide as well[1]

[0] http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/06/14/154344781/why-does... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_mortgage_interest_deductio...

[rahimnathwani]

The UK abolished this in 2000: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage_interest_relief_at_sou...