We'll rebuild America's infrastructure — modern roads, bridges, highways, broadband, ports and airports — as a new foundation for economic growth.
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- Rev.com — Joe Biden 2020 DNC Acceptance Speech Transcripthttps://www.rev.com/transcripts/joe-biden-2020-dnc-speech-transcript ↗
“With modern roads, bridges, highways, broadband, ports and airports as a new foundation for economic growth.”
- White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/06/fact-sheet-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal/ ↗
“invest $110 billion in additional funding to repair our roads and bridges and support major, transformational projects”
- govinfo.gov (Public Law 117-58, approved Nov. 15, 2021)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-117publ58 ↗
“An act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.”
- The American Presidency Project (Biden Campaign Press Release — Build Back Better: Advancing Racial Equity)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-the-biden-plan-build-back-better-advancing-racial-equity ↗
“Bolster programs that improve housing affordability for renters by providing Section 8 housing vouchers to every eligible family so that no one has to pay more than 30% of their income for rental housing.”
- PolitiFact Biden Promise Trackerhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1552/provide-section-8-vouchers-low-income-families-cap/ ↗
“Provide Section 8 housing vouchers to every eligible family so that no one has to pay more than 30% of their income for rental housing.”
- White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/09/fact-sheet-the-presidents-budget-for-fiscal-year-2024/ ↗
“And the Budget expands access to affordable rent through the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program to well over 200,000 additional households.”
“Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Sunday he can no longer support President Biden's Build Back Better Act, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the $1.75 trillion tax and spending plan.”
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmenthttps://www.hud.gov/helping-americans/housing-choice-vouchers ↗
“The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program is the federal government's major program for providing housing assistance to over 2.3 million American families.”
- National Low Income Housing Coalitionhttps://nlihc.org/resource/vice-president-biden-releases-affordable-housing-plan ↗
“$640 billion over 10 years so every American has access to housing that is affordable, stable, safe and healthy, accessible, energy-efficient and resilient, and located near good schools and with a reasonable commute to their jobs.”
- White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/31/fact-sheet-the-american-jobs-plan/ ↗
“The President's plan invests $213 billion to produce, preserve, and retrofit more than two million affordable and sustainable places to live.”
- White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/28/build-back-better-framework/ ↗
“$150 billion investment in housing affordability and reducing price pressures, including in rural areas.”
- 2020 Democratic Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2020-democratic-party-platform ↗
“We commit to providing Section 8 housing support for every eligible family, and will enact protections to keep landlords from discriminating against voucher recipients.”
- White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-plan-to-lower-housing-costs-for-working-families/ ↗
“President Biden is calling on Congress to pass a mortgage relief credit that would provide middle-class first-time homebuyers with an annual tax credit of $5,000 a year for two years.”
- govinfo.gov (U.S. Government Publishing Office)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-117hr2863ih ↗
“To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a first-time homebuyer credit, and for other purposes.”
- PolitiFact Biden Promise Trackerhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1541/increase-access-affordable-housing/ ↗
“Establishing a $100 billion Affordable Housing Fund to construct and upgrade affordable housing. He will ensure funding supports community development efforts, expanding the HOME program and the Capital Magnet Fund, which spurs private investment in affordable housing and economic development in distressed communities.”
- The American Presidency Project (Biden Campaign Press Release — The Biden Plan to Build a Modern, Sustainable Infrastructure)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-the-biden-plan-build-modern-sustainable-infrastructure-and ↗
“Investing in the repair of water pipelines and sewer systems, replacement of lead service pipes, upgrade of treatment plants.”
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyhttps://www.epa.gov/infrastructure/water-infrastructure-investments ↗
“The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act delivers more than $50 billion to EPA to improve our nation's drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure.”
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyhttps://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-issues-final-rule-requiring-replacement-lead-pipes-within ↗
“This final rule is part of the President's commitment to replace every lead pipe in the country within a decade.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-26/html/2024-16434.htm ↗
“including $1,107,355,187 to projects under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Low or No Emission Grant Program (Low-No) and $390,198,372 to projects under the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program”
- PolitiFact Biden Promise Trackerhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1591/expand-broadband-or-wireless-broadband-5g-every-am/ ↗
“Expand broadband, or wireless broadband via 5G, to every American – recognizing that millions of households without access to broadband are locked out of an economy that is increasingly reliant on virtual collaboration.”
- U.S. Government Accountability Officehttps://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-25-107207/index.html ↗
“Nevertheless, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported that as of 2022, fixed broadband was unavailable to approximately 24 million Americans, despite at least $44 billion in federal investment from fiscal years 2015 through 2020.”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/26/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-over-40-billion-to-connect-everyone-in-america-to-affordable-reliable-high-speed-internet/ ↗
“With these allocations and other Biden administration investments, all 50 states, DC, and the territories now have the resources to connect every resident and small business to reliable, affordable high-speed internet by 2030.”
“If I can't go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia, I can't vote for, and I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation.”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/16/president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-ease-the-burden-of-housing-costs/ ↗
“His plan includes legislative and administrative actions that will help close America's housing supply shortfall in 5 years, starting with the creation and preservation of hundreds of thousands of affordable housing units in the next three years.”
- The American Presidency Project (Biden Campaign Press Release — The Biden Plan for Rural America)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-the-biden-plan-for-rural-america ↗
“$20 billion in rural broadband infrastructure with potential to create more than a quarter million new jobs. The plan commits to triple Community Connect broadband grants.”
- Federal Register (HUD interim final rule, June 10, 2021)https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2021-12114.json ↗
“publishes this interim final rule to restore certain definitions and certifications that have been through notice-and-comment scrutiny and that are grounded in legal precedent to its regulations implementing the Fair Housing Act's requirement to affirmatively further fair housing”
- U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessnesshttps://www.usich.gov/news-events/news/hud-awards-new-funding-expand-housing-supply-and-choice ↗
“$85 million in grant funding for the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) Program to identify and remove barriers to affordable housing production and preservation, and lower housing costs”
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (archived press release, Jan 14, 2025)https://archives.hud.gov/news/2025/pr25-017.cfm ↗
“Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awards $100 million in grants to 18 winners benefitting communities across the 15 States to cut red tape, build more homes”
- White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/11/fact-sheet-the-presidents-budget-cuts-housing-costs-boosts-supply-and-expands-access-to-affordable-housing/ ↗
“The Budget proposes a new Neighborhood Homes Tax Credit, which would be the first tax provision to directly support building or renovating affordable homes for homeownership”
“The Brightline West High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail System Project will receive up to $3 billion for a new 218-mile intercity passenger rail system between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Rancho Cucamonga, California.”
“the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $66 billion in rail, the largest investment in passenger rail since the inception of Amtrak”