Sean Baker Quotes

I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.

There is no greater priority for the department whose name begins with 'housing' than dealing with houselessness .... We can do better than 1 million people sleeping in the streets.

Until a person has a home, they are always going to be dependent upon the system.

Every American will be given a decent, safe and affordable home.

If we provide 400 new beds, we get 400 new tramps.

I am not looking for people to be more kind to the homeless; I want to put an end to homelessness.

Eviction is fundamentally changing the face of poverty.

Although AmeriCorps is making a difference among its participants and the people they serve, we must address homelessness and the need for job training among our veterans.

That's why I wanted to be part of this AIDS Project Los Angeles party. We help raise funds for those who are having a tough time with some very basic necessities, like shelter, food, and medical care.

The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.

We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America.

To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home.

But where else should they sleep?

No one should be richer than a ten millionaire and no one should be without a home.

Without a home there can be no good citizen.

People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes.

Eviction is a cause, not just a condition of poverty.

I realized eventually that when I ran out of places to stay and found myself on the D train and in Central Park, I was actually homeless.

If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

People end up on the street for many different reasons - leaving care or hospital, problems with debt, unemployment, mental health, family breakup - and so the help they need is varied, too.

Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart.

New Yorkers want to be compassionate, and they want to live in a city where homeless people aren't stuffed into shelters, spilling out onto the streets. They also want a support system that works.

I grew up in constant fear of eviction.

For many years, I didn't have a home.