Tom Vilsack Quotes

I have been looking at a number of things in affordable housing because I do know that the price of housing has gone up a lot.

Until Americans feel that their core asset - their homes - are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power.

Preserving the 30-year prepayable fixed-rate mortgage - it's like the bedrock of the housing system - is critical.

I tried all my life to make housing affordable. The more affordable the house, the more money I make.

A stable and affordable home is fundamental to economic security.

For resident stability, I fully agree with the government's stance that stabilizing the housing market should be the first and foremost step.

I am very open to looking at potential tax changes to improve housing affordability.

We want to help Canadians be able to get a home that they can afford.

You see politicians talking about negative gearing or tax on your second home - most people I knew growing up couldn't afford the rent, let alone buying a house, or a second house.

I'm telling you that there is no silver bullet to keep home prices from going down or to prevent all foreclosures.

Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.

Our soldiers and their families are benefiting. They deserve good, quality housing and they need it.

I have done a lot of work for affordable housing, rental housing. I understand the rap on me and other liberals is, oh, we push poor people into homeownership. And it's exactly the opposite of the case. We were trying to prevent those kinds of bad loans.

It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.

Help for first time buyers and other housing market measures will be welcome.

A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof. And then affordable housing becomes completely inaccessible.

Nationally, the share of mortgages that are underwater fell by about one-half between 2011 and 2014.

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.

Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction.

So from the housing standpoint, steady as you go, I think, would be the best medicine.

Putting people into homes, though a desirable goal, shouldn’t be our country’s primary objective. Keeping them in their homes should be the ambition..

There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and savings compeller.

The truth is that the dream of homeownership is out of reach for too many Americans.

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.

There's no way to understand housing as it exists today without federal policy.