That’s 65% of homes are occupied by the owners, not 65% of the population owns their home.
Those are wildly different things and people keep using the former in a likely attempt to portray the latter as much higher than it really is.
In fact, that second statistic is impossible to find as every article or study from a mainstream or even semi mainstream source uses only the misleading one.
Tl; dr:
“How many homes are occupied by their owners” ≠ “How many people own their home”
Addendum: That almost 35% of all homes are owned by someone who doesn’t live there shouldn’t be a point of pride…
That’s 65% of homes are occupied by the owners, not 65% of the population owns their home.
Those are wildly different things and people keep using the former in a likely attempt to portray the latter as much higher than it really is.
In fact, that second statistic is impossible to find as every article or study from a mainstream or even semi mainstream source uses only the misleading one.
Tl; dr:
“How many homes are occupied by their owners” ≠ “How many people own their home”
Addendum: That almost 35% of all homes are owned by someone who doesn’t live there shouldn’t be a point of pride…