Ted Wheeler Quotes

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.

We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.

So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing.

The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.

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

Do we believe housing is a right and that affordable housing is part of what it should mean to be an American? I say yes.

Building and preserving housing, along with keeping people housed, are critical to making our city more affordable for all.

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.

We need a government policy all-out in favor of more, denser housing.

We can't keep limiting ourselves when it comes to housing. Affordable housing and teacher housing are too crucial to let the failed policies of the past get in the way.

Having a place to live is a fundamental right and the state must establish a framework that ensures that apartments are affordable.

We need a national ambition to build hundreds of thousands of new homes a year, both private and socially-rented - led by someone who will not take no for an answer and who will push for diggers in the ground and homes for all come what may.

The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice.

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

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

I'm proud to report that in 2004 alone, we approved 3,600 new units of housing - our best year ever!

After Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the belief in decent housing as a political right or social obligation was supplanted in the U.S. by the notion that suitable shelter should be an act of charity.

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.

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.

A lot flows from the question: Is having decent, stable housing part of what it means to live in this country? And I think we should answer 'yes.'

There is plenty of housing - for the rich. But a series of outrageous policies ensure that it remains inaccessible to the poor.

If we are ever going to fix our housing affordability crisis, we have to make significant changes to how we plan and construct, and we have to be open to solutions that make it easier and faster to build much-needed housing.

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.

I will fight for affordable housing for teachers, police, fire fighters, and families in all our neighborhoods.