[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25927-25928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11778]


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                Proclamation 9621 of May 31, 2017

                
National Homeownership Month, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Homeownership Month, we recognize the 
                many benefits of homeownership to our families, our 
                communities, and our Nation. For generations of 
                Americans, owning a home has been an essential element 
                in achieving the American Dream. Homeownership is often 
                the foundation of security and prosperity for families 
                and communities and an enduring symbol of American 
                freedom. This month, we recommit to ensuring that hard-
                working Americans enjoy a fair chance at becoming 
                homeowners.

                In the years since the Great Recession, homeownership 
                rates have dipped to historic lows. Many Americans are 
                not confident they will ever own a home, a tragic 
                consequence of a decade of weak economic growth, 
                excessive regulations, and stagnant wages. Many young 
                families are unable to achieve the independence they 
                desire because they have difficulty saving for a down 
                payment, overcoming regulatory burdens, or gaining 
                access to adequate credit. These challenges are even 
                more pronounced for minorities, whose homeownership 
                rates remain substantially below those of their fellow 
                Americans.

                I am committed to helping hard-working Americans become 
                homeowners. As part of my Administration's plan to 
                strengthen the middle class and the American housing 
                market, I am working with the Congress on a pro-growth 
                agenda of reducing rules and regulations, cutting 
                taxes, and eliminating unnecessary government spending. 
                These policies will unshackle our economy and create 
                and sustain high-paying jobs so that more Americans 
                have the resources and freedom they deserve to fulfill 
                their American Dream.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim June 2017 as National 
                Homeownership Month.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-11778
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