The left favored flows to their natural constituency, while the right welcomed new property owners who could, perhaps, be convinced to switch party allegiance. More low-income housing credit has been one of the few issues on which President Bill Clinton’s administration, with its affordable-housing mandate, and that of President George W. Bush, with its push for an “ownership” society, agreed.
美国左派希望其选区获得贷款，右派也欢迎产生更多的新房屋业主，认为可能说服这些新业主改变其党派倾向。房贷政策是美国民主共和两党能够达成一致意见、为数不多的几个议题之一。不管是克林顿政府时期的“经济适用房”法案，还是布什政府推动建立的“业主产权”社会，都对低收入家庭房贷政策给予支持，