27 Quotes by Bruce Katz

The response to the housing crisis has been incoherent and fiscally wasteful.

The response of the federal government is bewildering and deplorable. We know how to deliver quality affordable housing in the United States -- we just need the will and leadership to do it.

You rarely ever see such a seismic impact as a result of a new policy. Essentially, you're moving people from war zones into real neighborhoods.

This Katrina situation is tailor-made for housing vouchers. You could get a voucher in New Orleans and move to Alaska if you wanted.

This Katrina situation is tailor-made for housing vouchers, ... You could get a voucher in New Orleans and move to Alaska if you wanted.

I'm bewildered by what has gone on here.

The hurricane really unmasked racial concentrations and poverty that are already recognized in cities like Detroit and Newark, ... One principle of the rebuilding must be an all-out effort not to replicate the mistakes of the past that created the hyper-poverty in the city.

The health and vitality of these places is really central to the health and vitality of the metropolitan areas in which they are located.

The economic repercussions are profound. The recovery is going to be slowed. Your workforce is not going to be reliable.