Benefits Quote by John Turner

Rent-control laws disproportionately benefit the non-poor because the elite pull strings, work the system and are better connected than the non-poor.

— Larry Elder

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 law ... allows rich as well as poor to sleep under bridges.

— Anatole France

For families to access affordable housing, they often need legal representation that takes their side against abusive landlords.

— Nydia Velazquez

“For many landlords, it was cheaper to deal with the expense of eviction than to maintain their properties; it was possible to skimp on…

— Matthew Desmond

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many…

— Andrew Johnson

“90 percent of landlords are represented by attorneys, and 90 percent of tenants are not.35 Low-income families on the edge of eviction have no…

— Matthew Desmond

Most poor families are living completely unassisted in a private rental market, devoting most of their income to housing. When you meet people who…

— Matthew Desmond

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

— Edmund Burke

“Tenants able to pay their rent in full each month could take advantage of legal protections designed to keep their housing safe and decent.…

— Matthew Desmond

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

Whether low-income people are dealing with access to veteran's benefits, or a protective order to guard against domestic violence, or a way to guard…

— Martha Minow