Housing affordability bill set to become law without Trump's signature
A major housing affordability bill will become law at midnight even though President Trump has said he will not sign it. Under the Constitution, a bill the president neither signs nor vetoes within 10 days becomes law automatically while Congress is in session, so the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act takes effect without his signature.
The measure passed with large bipartisan majorities — 85-5 in the Senate and 358-2 in the House. It speeds environmental reviews for construction , caps how many single-family homes institutional investors can buy at 350, funds incentives for community housing development, and eases conversion of underused land into housing.
Trump is withholding his signature to pressure Senate Republicans over the SAVE America Act, a separate voting bill that would require proof of citizenship to register, create a national voter database, and tighten mail-in voting rules. It passed the House but fell short of the Senate’s 60-vote threshold. Trump canceled a signing ceremony for the housing bill on June 24 and later dismissed it as a “yawn.” Declining to sign lets him register displeasure without blocking a popular, veto-proof bill — vetoing it would almost certainly be overridden, and would put him against legislation both parties backed heavily.