Letitia James Quotes

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.

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

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

You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their profits are a direct result of some tenant's poverty.

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

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.

I don't think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don't think they know how to run a trailer park.

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.

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

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

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.

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.'

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

People should have affordable places to live. That's a fundamental right.

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

Home Stability Support is our best shot at creating an all-encompassing and effective system to ensure that our at-risk children and families can remain in the homes they deserve.

I'd hate to see new housing building accelerating while taking down buildings where there's 50 people living in rent-stabilized apartments.

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.

Since 2016 we've been campaigning to improve the rights of renters, especially those on low incomes who are being ripped off by stratospheric admin fees, which puts them at risk of homelessness.

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.

There's no question we need more housing, and we have to fight for that throughout California.

Gentrification and housing shortages are complex issues.

I would like to make sure I'm not homeless.

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

Subsidizing someone's rent is much cheaper than paying for new housing, police or medical responses, or hospital or jail stays.