--- title: "5 Housing America Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 Housing America quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Housing America sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/walter-f-mondale-13767_american-life_the-view-of-how-america-speaks-is-reflec_205245.jpg" --- > [The view of how America speaks is reflected in our laws. And one of the laws is fair housing. It very clearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-f-mondale/the-view-of-how-america-speaks-is-reflected-in-our-laws-and-one-of/) [Walter F. Mondale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-f-mondale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/walter-f-mondale-13767_american-life_the-view-of-how-america-speaks-is-reflec_205245.jpg) > [I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the American penal system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/i-don-t-know-whether-it-s-the-finest-public-housing-in-america-or-the/) [William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/william-j-clinton-302_america_i-don-t-know-whether-it-s-the-finest-pub_332408.jpg) > [“A universal voucher program is but one potential policy recommendation. Let others come. Establishing the basic right to housing in America could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/a-universal-voucher-program-is-but-one-potential-policy/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/matthew-desmond-1529_los-angeles_a-universal-voucher-program-is-but-one-p_1384193.jpg) > [Race and class reinforce one another in housing. Our America Divided story, "A House Divided," shows that racist discrimination in housing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solly-granatstein/race-and-class-reinforce-one-another-in-housing-our-america-divided/) [Solly Granatstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solly-granatstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/solly-granatstein-51585_discrimination_race-and-class-reinforce-one-another-in_1709098.jpg) > [“A problem as big as the affordable-housing crisis calls for a big solution. It should be at the top of America's domestic-policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/a-problem-as-big-as-the-affordable-housing-crisis-calls-for-a-big/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/matthew-desmond-1529_affordable-housing_a-problem-as-big-as-the-affordable-housi_2709860.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/housing-america/#itemlist", "name": "Housing America Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The view of how America speaks is reflected in our laws. And one of the laws is fair housing. It very clearly prohibits discrimination in the sale and rental of housing in America. 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