"After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years."

Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant

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"After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years."

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"The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws."

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"So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well."

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"In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move."

Decision

"But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success."

Society

"So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing."

Country

"America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are."

America

"They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America."

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"One of the problems that we are confronted with is, when we decide to buy or build a home, we don't get a clear picture of what closing costs will be of that home."

Home

"In 1965, I marched for equality."

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"The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing."

Ability

"HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country."

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