{"id":857,"date":"2010-09-23T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T00:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/?p=857"},"modified":"2010-09-23T17:37:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T00:37:09","slug":"voters-say-dont-mess-with-the-mid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/uncategorized\/voters-say-dont-mess-with-the-mid\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters Say: Don&#8217;t Mess With the MID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Americans overwhelmingly oppose any action  by Congress to tamper with the mortgage interest deduction, according to  a nationwide survey which supports the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of  REALTORS\u00ae  position that home ownership incentives must be preserved. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Nearly 80 percent of respondents said they  support retaining federal tax incentives to promote home ownership in a  survey commissioned by the National Association of Home Builders.   &#8220;These results show strong national voter support for keeping the  mortgage interest deduction,\u201d said Neil Newhouse, partner at Public  Opinion Strategies, a research firm based in Alexandria, Va., which  conducted the survey. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">&#8220;Clearly, voters have a very strong  connection to the home mortgage interest deduction and are not likely to  respond well to efforts to reduce or eliminate it. In fact, voters  overwhelmingly say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate for  Congress who supported either eliminating or reducing the home mortgage  interest deduction,&#8221; Newhouse said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">NAHB&#8217;s findings bolster efforts by NAR to refocus national attention on the benefits of home ownership. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtor.org\/rmodaily.nsf\/pages\/new\" target=\"http:\/\/www.realtor.org\/topics\/homeownership\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">NAR&#8217;s Homeownership Matters<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> initiative is dedicated to maintaining taxpayer incentives and  challenging misleading reports in the media that are being used to  attack long-standing government policies. NAR will host a free webinar  on Sept. 28 featuring chief economist Lawrence Yun to provide  practitioners and REALTOR\u00ae association executives with information on  NAR&#8217;s initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Even when told that getting rid of  the mortgage interest deduction would help ease the federal budget  deficit, 72 percent of respondents in the NAHB survey opposed any  proposal to abolish the home mortgage interest deduction. This cut  across partisan lines and home owner status; 76 percent of Republicans,  75 percent of Independents, and 64 percent of Democrats oppose  eliminating the deduction. Meanwhile, 75 percent of home owners and 55  percent of renters also oppose doing away with the home mortgage  interest deduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Public Opinion Strategies conducted  the survey Sept. 9 through 12 to assess the public&#8217;s attitude toward the  mortgage interest deduction and the importance of home ownership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> &#8220;As the midterm elections draw near,  voters are sending a resounding message to Congress and the  Administration: Don&#8217;t meddle with the mortgage interest deduction or  other tax incentives that support home ownership,&#8221; said NAHB Chairman Bob  Jones, a home builder from Bloomfield Hills, Mich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Sources: NAR, National Association of Home Builders<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans overwhelmingly oppose any action by Congress to tamper with the mortgage interest deduction, according to a nationwide survey which supports the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of REALTORS\u00ae position that home ownership incentives must be preserved. 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