“For Rent: The American Dream” by Ryan Dezember (Exchange, July 11) has got to be one of the most disturbing pieces published recently. If the younger generations don’t have homeownership as a way to accumulate wealth, provide for themselves in retirement and pass along their savings to their descendants, their situation is dire, and the character of America is changed fundamentally. They are locked out of the middle-class life that we Americans have long aspired to. Those who say the system is rigged are surely right in this...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 19, 2020 19:52 UTC