"Brunswick County's Association of Homeowners director Ben Styers says buying a home should be an option for everyone."

That's the exact same mentality that got this nation into the housing nightmare of the last two years, that still continues today.

Go ahead and help them with the down payment...but when the bills come due and they can't pay, they'll be just another foreclosure statistic. I don't care if they're police, firemen, or nurses; if they can't afford a house, they can't afford a house!

There's no shortage of well-intentioned stupidity in this country.