To give everyone a house and garden is very difficult in urban areas.
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.
Having viewed slum clearance projects in most major cities of the world may I state that you have conceived and created in the Johannesburg townships what is probably the most impressive and adequate resettlement activity in existence.
In Sydney, we always have a deficiency of housing. So that's one good thing, which will cause real estate to keep going up. Not fast, but it'll go up.
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.
As reforms have come into India, as India has started opening up, prosperity is increasing, as is demand for urban 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.
The houses have five, six, or even seven stories, and as many as 200 people may live in a building.
NestAway is a disruptive product creating a win-win opportunity, not just for direct stakeholders like owners and tenants but for the society at large by making cities safer, especially for young women.
We need to reform our land use policies to build more housing in urban centers and near transit.
For instance, the most common type of "affordable housing" in the world comes in the form of apartments over stores.
