Affluent Quote by Matthew Desmond

“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

There is plenty of housing - for the rich. But a series of outrageous policies ensure that it remains inaccessible to the poor.

— George Monbiot

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then…

— Warren Buffett

We have to create and preserve enough affordable housing to meet the demand, because the affordability crisis is imposing a hardship on millions of…

— Ritchie Torres

We're going to make America wealthy again, because if you don’t do that, it just - it sounds harsh to say, but we have…

— Donald Trump

It should be clear to everyone that the nation's steadfast policy should afford every American of working age a realistic opportunity to acquire the…

— Ronald Reagan

“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

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

— P. Chidambaram

The truth was you can't continue to spend the kind of money our spending on all these entitlement programs. I think we need more…

— Chris Christie

I don't want to get into any politics about it but I just think if we are a nation that is all about expensive…

— George Clarke

Our economy isn't going to recover until the housing market finds its footing.

— Mark Zandi

I would like to see ... an entirely different procedure which is that we vote on the budget and decide how much we are…

— Millicent Fenwick