Being Quote by Jo Swinson

A lot of my book, 'The Price of Inequality,' is about why there has been an increase in rent-seeking.

— Joseph Stiglitz

We will help those who are genuinely homeless and there is a huge amount of investment and resources dedicated to helping those who are…

— Suella Braverman

Homelessness has become a human rights crisis.

— Michael Shellenberger

I think it's very realistic to think we could provide additional protection for renters because for many people - renting is now the only…

— David Lammy

What we're seeing is that even in high poverty neighborhoods, the average cost of renting is quickly approaching the total income of welfare recipients…

— Matthew Desmond

If we don't like rent control, we ought to oppose it on political and social grounds - and not just by arguing that, thanks…

— Evgeny Morozov

No doubt exists that rent seeking in general leads to serious inefficiencies in this direct sense, but its indirect damage is even worse. Drawing…

— Gordon Tullock

We have an obligation at the local level to do everything we can with the resources we have. And we do those things. But…

— Ted Wheeler

“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

What is not OK is for rent-seekers to get rich.

— Angus Deaton

If we continue to tolerate this level of poverty in our cities, and go along with eviction as commonplace in poor neighborhoods, it's not…

— Matthew Desmond

Instead of throwing money at the problem and locking individuals into a likely permanent cycle of homelessness, we should be looking for options to…

— Nicole Malliotakis