“When regulations on the housing industry are reasonable, the cost of housing goes down. Regulatory relief is needed to make housing more affordable to more Americans.” IndustryNeededCostReasonableReliefRegulationHousingAffordable Author:Randy Neugebauer
“One of the biggest problems that we have right now is that in some areas of the State we cannot get additional jobs created because they say the housing costs are too high.” StatesProblemJobsRight NowCostAreasHousing Author:George Deukmejian
“A global financial cabal engineered a fraudulent housing and debt bubble [2008], illegally shifted vast amounts of capital out of the US; and used 'privatization' as a form of piracy - a pretext to move government assets to private investors at below-market prices and then shift private liabilities back to government at no cost to the private liability holder Clearly, there was a global financial coup d'etat underway.” GovernmentMovingFormUsedAmountCostFinancialDebtAssetsInvestorsBubblesHousingPretextLiabilityPiracyCoupsPrivatizationCabal Author:Catherine Austin Fitts
“Half of NYC's homeless populations are families.Homeless people have been ignored for too long. I'll just say this: If you are a family on the brink of eviction you are 80% less likely to get evicted if you have legal counsel. However, there is no right to legal counsel in housing court.It would cost the city $12,500 to grant that family legal counsel. Meanwhile, the average stay for a homeless family in a shelter once they have been evicted cost the city $45,000. So not only does it seem like the right thing to do morally, it's also the right thing to do fiscally.” PeopleIfsLongDoeHas BeensSeemsCitiesHalfCostCourtAveragePopulationThings To DoRight ThingGrantsShelterIgnoredHomelessHousingNycHomeless PeopleEviction Author:Paul Bettany
“Virtually everything that the government does costs more than when the same thing is done in private industry - whether it is building housing, running prisons, collecting garbage, or innumerable other things. Why in the world would we imagine that health care would be the exception?” WorldDoeDoneGovernmentWould BeCareRunningImagineBuildingIndustryCostPrisonHealth CareExceptionImagine ThatGarbageHousingCollecting Author:Thomas Sowell
“After political crusades for 'affordable housing' ended up ruining the housing market and much of the economy with it, many of the same politicians are now carrying on a crusade for 'affordable health care.' But what you can afford has absolutely nothing to do with the cost of producing anything. Refusing to pay those costs means that you are just not going to continue getting the same quantity and quality - regardless of what any politician says or how well he says it.” WellsMeanCarePoliticalPayQualityEconomyPoliticianCostHealth CareQuantityHousingAffordableAbsolutely NothingCrusadesCarrying OnQuantity And QualityAffordable Health CareAffordable HousingHousing Market Author:Thomas Sowell
“Actually, high housing prices don't help the economy. They raise the cost of living.” HelpingEconomyCostRaisesHousingCost Of Living Author:Michael Hudson
“Just like a house is worth whatever a bank's going to lend against it, an education is worth whatever the bank is going to lend the student to pay the university. So the availability of government-guaranteed student loans has vastly inflated the cost of education, just like it's inflated the cost of housing.” GovernmentHousePayStudentsCostUniversityHousingLoanAvailabilityStudent LoanCost Of Education Author:Michael Hudson
“The reality is that the "gayborhoods" are going away. It's because of many factors, including the internet and increased acceptance, but mostly it's the cost of housing.” RealityAcceptanceInternetCostIncludingFactorsGoing AwayHousing Author:Cleve Jones
“What are people released from prison expected to do? How are they expected to survive? Can't get a job, locked out of housing, and even food stamps may be off limits. Well, apparently what we expect them to do is to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars in fees, fines, court costs, and back child support (which continues to accrue while you are in prison).” PeopleWellsMayChildrenJobsPaySupportFineCostLimitsCourtDollarsPrisonExpectedLockedStampsHousingFeesFood Stamps Author:Michelle Alexander
“There are times when a market such as housing, transportation or the stock or mortgage market keep rising and people with capital want to join in this growth. Soon the markets become overheated, partly because of the abundance of investment money and speculation. This is when the government should raise interest rates and increase the cost of borrowed money. Governments are shy about doing this because it could cause the very recession. Yet this is the best time to do this so that the inevitable recession never reaches the magnitude of the recent Great Recession.” PeopleWantShouldGovernmentCausesGrowthInterestCostIncreaseRaisesInvestmentRateInevitableRisingAbundanceShySpeculationHousingMortgageTransportationBorrowedMagnitudeRecessionsBest TimesInterest RateBorrowed MoneyGreat Recession Author:Philip Kotler