What does owning your home mean to you?

Our home buyers have so many thoughts and feelings about home ownership. It's a right of passage, it's freedom, it's stability. One applicant told us, "Home ownership means to have a place that I can be proud of, to have something that can’t be taken away or sold out from underneath me. A house of my own symbolizes safety and security. It’s an investment in myself and my future."

What does owning a home mean to you?