Quote by Kay S. Hymowitz

“I am opposed to Naperville. It's all cute, trendy and expensive, and filled with cookie-cutter Borg houses that assimilate you into upper-middle-class America.”

— Robyn Bachar

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

— Matthew Desmond

“I don't know what's worse by number in America, the vacant houses standing, or the homeless people falling into them.”

— Anthony Liccione

“Come up with initiatives that can give people more access to better and higher living.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“Suburban sprawl has heavily damaged the balance of our cities, divorcing environmental context from design and removing the concept of scale from the creation…

— Avi Friedman

Building and preserving housing, along with keeping people housed, are critical to making our city more affordable for all.

— London Breed

“the collapse of the housing market as it relates to an increase in suburban poverty.” So there.”

— Jessica Park

“Families who spend more on housing spend less on their children.”

— Matthew Desmond

“Affordable housing is a human-capital investment, just like job programs or education, one that would strengthen and steady the American workforce.”

— Matthew Desmond

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

— Fons Burger

We believe in a Boston where housing is more than a commodity, it's our community.

— Marty Walsh

The strengths of our city historically have been connected to being a home for residents from all backgrounds: immigrant residents, residents who represent a…

— Michelle Wu