"Lets spell out very clearly why the myth of homeownership became religion in the United States. Its because corporations didn’t want their employees to have many job choices. So they encouraged them to own homes."
If that was their plan (which I doubt), it wasn't very effective. Americans move much more frequently than people in most other countries.
Possibly true, but what if employees had the additional flexibility that being tied down to their homes prevented? I think you are confusing this effect with a more general bias towards mobility relative to other countries.
The most recent housing market collapse has made America much slower at readjusting to restructuring of the economy--for example, workers in Florida can't easily sell off their homes to move to a different location with greater job density, for instance. I'd like to see more data supporting your assertion.
Main reason for the lack of mobility for places other than US is because of the size of the mobilizable area one can take. Before the formation of EU, Europeans can only move within their own nation, and comparing that to US, you can see the big difference in terms of land size and number of cities to choose from.
With that regard, one need some other forms of statistics to compare if there is no such housing prison (which exists all over the world) and how would this different from the current situation.
If that was their plan (which I doubt), it wasn't very effective. Americans move much more frequently than people in most other countries.