World’s first homeownership subsidy
The other day (while reading William Rosen’s intriguing history, Justinian’s Flea), I came across what I think is the world’s first homeownership subsidy, the panes aedium of Constantine I and his capital Constantinople:
A man and the city he envisioned: Constantine and Constantinople
Though only a few hundred of the city’s private residences could be called mansions, […]
