#housing

I was a little lacking in vision as mayor - I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city. ↗

— Henry Cisneros

#failed #housing #i #lacking #little

There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the sad reality of poverty in America. We saw, in all its horrific detail, the vulnerabilities of living in inadequate housing and the heartbreak of losing one's home. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#detail #exposed #families #gulf #heartbreak

My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages. ↗

— David Korten

#even #experience #faster #housing #increased

Those who have a lot of money in Greece invest in housing abroad. It's all immoral. The Greek crisis is structural, but also political. ↗

— Evangelos Venizelos

#also #crisis #greece #greek #housing

Again, we find that the space standards of twenty-first century luxury are below the required minimum for dockworkers in 1962. ↗

— Owen Hatherley

#housing #social #architecture

In the housing projects, people talked of ways to reduce crime, relieve overcrowding, and they were good ideas that we plan to study, and possibly implement. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#good #good ideas #housing #ideas #implement

For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#assistance #care #dental #free #greatly

Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction. ↗

— Joshua A. Tucker

#deduction #housing #housing market #i #market

Quality, affordable housing is a key element of a strong and secure Iowa. ↗

— Thomas Vilsack

#affordable housing #element #housing #iowa #key

Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#akron #areas #average #between #certain