All Quotes

# housing8 quotes

HOUSING

My father built 5,000 apartments in Queens for working families. I build luxury apartments in Jersey City. The product changed but the principle did not — people always need somewhere to live.

familyfundamentalsKeynote Speech, 2017

A billion people on this planet lack adequate shelter. That is not a design problem. It is a manufacturing problem. 3D printing solves it.

We do not compete with traditional homebuilders. We compete with the idea that building a house has to take six months and cost $300,000.

The housing crisis will not be solved by building the same way we have built for 100 years. Factory-produced homes are the only way to scale.

A backyard home should not take 18 months and cost $400,000. We build them in weeks because we control the entire supply chain from factory to foundation.

The demand for housing in Africa is not a niche — it is hundreds of millions of families who need a roof.

africahousingAfrican Real Estate Forum, 2015

Land in Hong Kong is not just a commodity. It is the foundation on which families build their lives. We take that responsibility seriously.

hong-konghousingSHKP annual general meeting, 2009

India needs 25 million new homes in the next decade. This is not a problem — this is an opportunity of historic proportions.

housingindiaEconomic Times Real Estate Summit, 2019