Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us

A look at how the nation got swept up in real estate mania, Our Lot casts the business storythe collapse of the subprime empire and its impact on the economyas part of a government social-engineering project, dating back to the 1930s, to make homeownership attainable for all. Based on original reporting, Our Lot examines how the economic anxieties and realities of ordinary Americans helped fuel the bubble, how it has affected our communities, and how we can move on into a future we'll want to live in.