London Breed Quotes

What we see out there is an affordable housing crisis, particularly in the rental market in cities big and small, and we don't have the resources necessary to fill that gap.

We need more housing in San Francisco, plain and simple, and we especially need more affordable housing for our low-income households, seniors, teachers, formerly homeless people, veterans, and middle-income residents.

Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.

We have to be bold and serve all San Franciscans who are struggling to afford housing.

I don't think that you can address poverty unless you address the lack of affordable housing in the cities.

It's - the working class of San Francisco and the Bay Area is being pushed out of its old neighborhoods because of the skyrocketing cost of housing, and there's no real working class left because these are jobs for engineers and managers and designers - very smart people.

I strongly believe supply is the best way to address housing affordability.

Fighting for tenants' rights has never been about political posturing for me. It's very personal. It's why I fight for everyone who's struggling to stay in San Francisco.

Gentrification and housing shortages are complex issues.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has been resorting to the 'It's racism' dodge for years now in order to shut down scrutiny of his determined inattention to the catastrophe of Vancouver's housing crisis.

Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans.

Local authorities face huge housing issues with demands outstripping supply many times over; the only way those in housing need can be housed is in the private sector.

When regulations on the housing industry are reasonable, the cost of housing goes down. Regulatory relief is needed to make housing more affordable to more Americans.

There are tremendous barriers to building housing. If we could break them down, the need for rent controls would go away.

Every American will be given a decent, safe and affordable home.

There isn't profit to be made off low-rent housing, and it's time we acknowledge that, instead of perverting a system around maintaining private ownership.

When you meet people who are spending 70, 80 percent of their income on rent, eviction becomes much more of an inevitability than the result of personal irresponsibility.

Housing is a social issue: how we live and where we live.

If I become mayor of London, my single biggest priority will be to build thousands more homes every year. I will set a target to make half of all the new homes that are built genuinely affordable, with first dibs for Londoners.

I don't think we can fix poverty without fixing housing, and I don't think we can address housing without understanding landlords.

Housing being a top-order issue for cities is something that's not trivial.

If you look at the back pages of 'New York Times Magazine,' and they talk about these 6.5-million-dollar condos with a great view, like you're going to pay for a great view. Well, the top floor of the projects have a great view, too.

I think it's not just a matter of building more houses, more flats. We need to have the right policies. I want people to be able to own their flats.

While it's absolutely important that we build housing for our low-income residents, when we are talking about opening up hundreds of sites for housing, we should be trying to build affordable housing for all of our residents struggling to pay rent. That means housing for teachers, for nurses, for janitors.

All New Yorkers have the right to decent housing, regardless of income and rent.