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. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
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. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside,… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
