Building Quote by Dawn Foster

If the Government put people before markets, it would build more council housing - a form of public investment in housing that pays for…

— Dawn Foster

Councils should be given the power to buy land for new housing at a reasonable price so they can spend the money they save…

— Nick Boles

The invention of council housing originally offered the poor a way of knowing they were valuable. You had security of tenure.

— Michael Rosen

If there is 'right to buy' for council tenants and housing association properties, then why shouldn't that apply to all tenants? Some landlords are…

— Jeremy Corbyn

You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their profits are…

— Matthew Desmond

The more the tenants there are, the later the rent gets paid.

— Robert D Dangoor

The government has brought on the housing problem, partly by these very low interest rates, which encouraged many people to go way out on…

— Thomas Sowell

Already, new forms of short-term and long-term rental housing are popping up in some metro areas. You can take on a house or apartment…

— Richard Florida

Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing. The increase in the value of land, arising as it does from the…

— John Stuart Mill

“In order for our land contribution model to be complete, we have to consider two more aspects of affordable housing. First, we have to…

— Martin Adams

“One way for communities to create affordable housing is for local communities to adopt land-use rights. Local governments or community land trusts would provide…

— Martin Adams

Public buildings, built from the rates and taxes paid by past generations, are being auctioned off by impoverished councils who need the money to…

— David Olusoga