Family Quote by 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

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

— Matthew Desmond

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

“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

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

“Families who spend more on housing spend less on their children.23 Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The…

— Matthew Desmond

What we're seeing is that even in high poverty neighborhoods, the average cost of renting is quickly approaching the total income of welfare recipients…

— 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

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

“The most obvious manifestation of the affordable housing crisis is in rising rents. Between 1900 and 2013, rents rose faster than inflation in virtually…

— Kathryn Edin

“Already in 2001, 63 percent of very low income households were putting more than half their income toward housing, leaving too little for other…

— Kathryn Edin

Most Americans think that the typical low - income family lives in public housing or gets housing assistance. The opposite is true.

— Matthew Desmond