Job security is job 1

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More than half the respondents to a nationwide survey released Thursday think that generating jobs and making existing jobs more secure are the most important things President Obama can do to stabilize the housing market. The survey, conducted two weeks ago for online search engine Trulia by Harris Interactive, included 1,418 homeowners and 595 renters.

‘Housing is obviously the epicenter of the economic crisis,’ said Trulia CEO Pete Flint during a telephone press conference. He said he expected 2009 to be another tough year as job-loss-related foreclosed homes are added to the already clogged foreclosure market.

Comments posted at Trulia Voices sound a lot like those at L.A. Land, including complaints that the government actions will keep homes unaffordable. One former homeowner told how his dream of homeownership turned into a nightmare and that he is glad to be renting -- free of the risks of ownership. Still, the survey found 3 in 4 respondents consider owning a home part of their American Dream.

-- Lauren Beale

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