Community Quote by Henry Cisneros

“Charitable initiatives drive the future of our neighborhoods.”

— Germany Kent

The way that you empower the poor to be able to live in those neighborhoods is not to just move them and give them…

— Katie Pavlich

There are people in communities who are actually out there fighting poverty eye-to-eye, soul-to-soul, in neighborhoods that actually do well, that succeed. But for…

— Paul Ryan

I don't think that you can address poverty unless you address the lack of affordable housing in the cities.

— Matthew Desmond

Healthcare providers have helped me see that decent, safe housing can promote physical and mental wellness; and engaged citizens have shown me the civic…

— Matthew Desmond

“Poor neighborhoods provided their residents with quite a lot. In the trailer park, residents met people who knew how to pirate cable, when the…

— Matthew Desmond

We can start with housing, the sturdiest of footholds for economic mobility. A national affordable housing program would be an anti-poverty effort, human capital…

— Matthew Desmond

When the government sees a poor area, its solution is to move the poor out.

— Greg Gutfeld

“It is commonly thought that high-poverty neighborhoods are socially fragmented and suffer a weak sense of community, but that is mistaken (see, for example,…

— Karl Alexander

Housing is a social issue: how we live and where we live.

— Matthew Desmond

Helping all Connecticut residents afford high-quality housing in the community of their choice supports families, kickstarts the economy, and makes neighborhoods vibrant places to…

— Ned Lamont

“They have shown that problems endemic to poverty—residential instability, severe deprivation, concentrated neighborhood disadvantage, health disparities, even joblessness—stem from the lack of affordable housing…

— Matthew Desmond