Alphonso Jackson Quotes

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.'

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.

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

We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow.

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

But where else should they sleep?

No one should be richer than a ten millionaire and no one should be without a home.

We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.

There are thousands on thousands in New York who have no assignable 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.

I am not looking for people to be more kind to the homeless; I want to put an end to homelessness.

Since the publication of 'Evicted', I have had countless conversations with concerned families across America. Teachers in under-served communities have told me about high classroom turnover rates, which hinder students' ability to reach their full potential.

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.

There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural, you find out that's not the case, and I think we have to do much more.

If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.

I teach at Harvard, and focusing on understanding this problem on a national level is a big priority of mine right now - where evictions are going up and down, what cities are actually instituting policies that work, what housing insecurity is doing to our cities, neighbourhoods, our kids.

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

Young mothers who apply for housing assistance in our nation's capital literally could be grandmothers by the time their application is reviewed.

The holidays are a rough time for the homeless, but it's a year-round problem we have to solve.

I'm going to rely upon the advice of affordable housing experts to make sure we meet the public's expectations.

The voters have been very clear that we need to address the homelessness and housing crisis that is affecting our City, and I remain focused on solving these issues.

The Conservative government's neglect of social housing is all too apparent and should be a source of national shame.

For far too many, the housing crisis has become a human crisis, with people being criminalised who should instead be protected as our most vulnerable citizens.

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.

What kind of city are we living in, if we encourage the development or ownership of large, expensive properties for investment and land banking... while people are sleeping on the streets?