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It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family.

Home ownership is the cornerstone of a strong community.

The way we finance homes in this country is slow, filled with middlemen, who run a nonstandardized evaluation process. This makes financing a home cumbersome and difficult.

These days the American dream of home ownership has turned into a nightmare for millions of families. They wake every day to the reality of a horrible decline in the value of the home that has meant so much to them.

One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.

For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue.

There are certain people who seem doomed to buy certain houses. The house expects them. It waits for them.

Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence.

Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.

It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.