Top 20 Public Housing Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Public Housing Quotes from famous people such as London Breed, Jewel, Cory Booker, Matthew Desmond, Gregory Meeks, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

I grew up in a San Francisco very different from what m

I grew up in a San Francisco very different from what many have experienced: a place called Plaza East, notoriously one of the most dangerous public housing developments in the City.
London Breed
Lots of people have gone from public housing to do great things in the world and have a tremendous sense of duty to their fellow man because of it.
Jewel
What happens once you get a felony conviction? Now you are entering this American caste system where you can’t get a job, you can’t get a loan, you can’t get a Pell grant, you can’t get public housing.
Cory Booker
Most Americans think that the typical low – income family lives in public housing or gets housing assistance. The opposite is true.
Matthew Desmond
I’m a product of public housing. My parents grew up poor, but their dream was to own a home.
Gregory Meeks
My – I grew up in – I grew up in public housing. My dad, for most of my life, worked for the post office, which was a terrific job to get because you couldn’t lose your job.
Lloyd Blankfein
As someone who grew up in public housing, I’ve known these conditions.
London Breed
We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.
John Prescott
I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.
Rick Scott
We have a responsibility to protect public housing residents from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, especially the elderly and children who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases.
Julian Castro
Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.
Carolyn McCarthy
Public housing is off-limits to you if you have been convicted of a felony. For a minimum of five years, you are deemed ineligible for public housing once you’ve been branded a felon. Discrimination in private housing market’s perfectly legal.
Michelle Alexander
Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control.
John Hume
In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year.
Jan Schakowsky
As a kid growing up in public housing, I didn’t always get show up at the first day of school with a new backpack full of supplies. Having the school supplies I needed would have made me feel more prepared and ready to learn.
London Breed
I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation’s finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.
Sonia Sotomayor
When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.
Raja Krishnamoorthi
I grew up in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition, five of us living on $900 per month. ‘Recycling’ meant drinking out of old mayonnaise jars.
London Breed
Eviction comes with a record. Just like a criminal record can hurt you in the jobs market, eviction can hurt you in the housing market. A lot of landlords turn folks away who have an eviction, and a lot of public housing authorities do the same.
Matthew Desmond
With the Korean economy faltering, Seoul City will do its best to address problems regarding people’s economic livelihoods – the most important part of this effort being public housing.
Park Won-soon