Family Quote by Matthew Desmond

Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom of the…

— Matthew Desmond

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

— Matthew Desmond

“Today, the majority of poor renting families in America spend over half of their income on housing, and at least one in four dedicates…

— Matthew Desmond

“Families have watched their incomes stagnate, or even fall, while their housing costs have soared. Today, the majority of poor renting families in America…

— Matthew Desmond

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

— Jessica Park

Low rents mean families have more resources to improve their quality of life and invest in the next generation, facilitating upward mobility.

— Carrie Lam

“Poor people don't want to stay poor. But there's a misconception that it's somehow "unfair" to poor people, or, worse, racist, to let them…

— Carl Safina

“Most federal housing subsidies benefit families with six-figure incomes.59 If we are going to spend the bulk of our public dollars on the affluent—at…

— Matthew Desmond

The high cost of housing is crushing poor families and sending them to a state of desperation.

— Matthew Desmond

“A problem as big as the affordable-housing crisis calls for a big solution. It should be at the top of America's domestic-policy agenda -…

— Matthew Desmond

“There are only a few absolute truths in finances, like the fact that if you spend less than you make and have no debt,…

— Celso Cukierkorn

“Being without one's family is the worst poverty”

— Kara Dalkey