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Mortgage Interest Tax Break Has ‘No Effect’ on Homeownership, Study Finds
Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2017–Richard Rubin (subscription)
The mortgage interest deduction, a sacred cow in the U.S. tax code, does nothing to promote homeownership, according to an academic paper released Monday, a finding that undermines one of the core justifications for the tax break.