Community Quote by John Stuart Mill

Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising

— John Stuart Mill

“The Law of Rent demonstrates that no single human being gives land and location its overall value - its rent. Land values arise from…

— Martin Adams

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

We are all great landed proprietors, if we only knew it. What we lack is not land, but the power to enjoy it. Moreover,…

— John Lubbock

The tax upon land values is the most just and equal of all taxes. It falls only upon those who receive from society a…

— Henry George

People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people…

— Henry Louis Gates

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they…

— Adam Smith

When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.

— Jack Kemp

“But you must be sure of what you want the land for. And as for your tenants, if they don't own the land, don't…

— F. Sionil José

“A home’s value should come from its ability to provide shelter and community, not from its financial returns.”

— Fons Burger

Without the ability to plant roots and invest in your community or your school - because you're paying 60, 70, 80 percent of your…

— Matthew Desmond

I have already expressed my opinion on this subject in treating of rent, and have now only further to add, that rent is a…

— David Ricardo