Bruce Katz Quotations

Many of us are somewhat bewildered by this because we know how to relocate people fairly rapidly to decent housing.

Many of us are somewhat bewildered by this, because we know how to relocate people fairly rapidly to decent housing.

Politically, they are less than the sum of their parts.

Bunching poor people together in the same neighborhood has enormous implications for education, business investment and the health of families, ... The issue in New Orleans is not only about rebuilding a great American city, but it's also about undoing 50 years of mistakes of federal housing policy.

I find fun in putting myself into someone else's frame of mind, ... I try to be creative but I'm also thinking that it's their vision, I'm able to put myself in their space as opposed to just being me and doing whatever it is that I want.

Kids who are sunburned early on in life have a greater risk of developing cancer in general of the skin.

just replicate the social patterns that existed before the hurricane in a new location ... a hyper-concentration of poverty where people did not have easy access to good schools and quality jobs.

I think that the smaller cities that are coming back tend to be in the shadow of metropolitan areas that are performing very well economically.

I think the Albany metropolitan (area) needs to think of itself as a unified whole. No part of it is big enough to drive the entire economy of the place.

Long Island is where we invented the modern suburb, and whether Long Island will remake itself for the 21st century, that's the challenge.

It depends on a threshold question: What are you going to rebuild? What is the federal responsibility for rebuilding a city, a metropolitan area or a region? This is where it gets really confused. Federalism is a messy business.

Melanoma is really increasing at an alarming rate. Just 10 years ago, you had a 1 in 250 chance of developing malignant melanoma; now it's 1 in 70.

The president called this the largest reconstruction program in the history of the world, but when it comes to housing, the support is almost nonexistent, ... He's just handing out land.

Whereas 10 years ago the risk of developing melanoma was one in 250, today the risk of people getting melanoma is about one in 70.

This whole sector is exploding. Cosmetic companies are rushing to get on board. They know this is the next big thing.

To be frank, I'm bewildered by what has gone on here. There doesn't seem to be a plan that was really thought out in any significant way.

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.