Do we believe housing is a right and that affordable housing is part of what it should mean to be an American? I say yes.

I don't think that you can address poverty unless you address the lack of affordable housing in the cities.

it is hard to argue that housing is not a fundamental human need. Decent, affordable housing should be a basic right for everybody in this country. The reason is simple: without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.

We can start with housing, the sturdiest of footholds for economic mobility. A national affordable housing program would be an anti-poverty effort, human capital investment, community improvement plan, and public health initiative all rolled into one.

Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans.

That's our biggest challenge out here because, as you know, they are taking down the affordable housing complexes and they certainly aren't building any new ones.