Build Back What Exactly?

Infill: A YIMBY Podcast

All the talk in Congress about the Build Back Better Act and the federal infrastructure package is confusing. It seems to change so quickly, it's hard to keep up.

What got passed? What got cut? What's next? Where should we focus our advocacy?

YIMBY Action Executive Director Laura Foote talks with Joey Lindstrom, Field Director at the National Low Income Housing Coalition, who gives an update on what made it across the finish line for housing in the Federal Infrastructure Package and what's to come.

🚨 Take 1 minute to write to your Congresspeople to urge them to include funding for affordable housing: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/action-alert-tell-congress-to-invest-in-affordable-housing

If your representative is a moderate, their votes are important and they can likely be convinced! Find out if your rep is moderate: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Pga83JCkY01Ku-AzWMBwCuRQ5dMkIHj/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113275764594990283654&rtpof=true&sd=true

Build Back Better fact sheet: https://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/Historic-Housing-Investments-in-the-Build-Back-Better-Act.pdf

Audio transcript: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/Wqv6x2Y2UZhOD_ZYejDB5sHzfT3cW1lWaSS2AzvrHtsYP5EJdacdzS_80G6AF6OzZfBQpBoaoL_rsDUW.nFvcz7YpujoM0NCk

Twitter links-

Joey Lindstrom: https://twitter.com/JosephLindstrom

National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC): https://twitter.com/NLIHC

YIMBY Action: https://twitter.com/yimbyaction

Instagram links-

NLIHC: https://www.instagram.com/nlihc/

YIMBY Action: https://www.instagram.com/yimbyaction/

Facebook links-

NLIHC: https://www.facebook.com/NLIHCDC

YIMBY Action: https://www.facebook.com/yimbyaction/

Learn more about NLIHC: http://www.nlihc.org/

Learn more about YIMBY Action: https://yimbyaction.org/