Family 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

“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

Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.

— Carolyn McCarthy

The standard of 'affordable' housing is that which costs roughly 30 percent or less of a family's income. Because of rising housing costs and…

— Matthew Desmond

Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit.

— Nicola Sturgeon

There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain…

— Jack Reed

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

In general, more affordable housing correlates with lower income inequality.

— Annie Lowrey

I would guess that there's adequate low-income housing in the country.

— Dan Quayle

I think we as a country have definitely got to do better when it comes to housing people of all backgrounds. Not only can…

— CeCe Winans

“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

Some people have great families but have no Home for living in and Somewhere people have great Home having No families living in.

— Diwakar Dutt