Money Quote by Big Freedia

I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern.…

— Wayne Dyer

I'm a product of public housing. My parents grew up poor, but their dream was to own a home.

— Gregory Meeks

I was only 21 when I bought a five-bedroom detached house in Stoke-on-Trent that was way outside of my financial status in life. I…

— John Caudwell

It didn't take me long to go from financial stability to fearing homelessness.

— Stephanie Land

All of my childhood, we were on welfare. My mom received Aid for Families with Dependent Children - welfare. Without that, we wouldn't have…

— Carl Hart

The first thing I did when my career started moving was to buy a small house.

— Freddie Prinze, Jr

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

— Matthew Desmond

Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my…

— Mahershala Ali

I can remember living in the housing projects and being broke like it was yesterday.

— Kenny Troutt

I come from a lower-middle-class family and used to stay in a housing board colony.

— Aishwarya Rajesh

I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four…

— Patti Smith

I didn't want to put myself in a position where I was living so expensively that if something happened next year or two years…

— Kandi Burruss