{"id":2628283,"date":"2026-07-11T00:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landmark-housing-affordability-legislation-becomes-law-without-trumps-signature\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:20:15","slug":"landmark-housing-affordability-legislation-becomes-law-without-trumps-signature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landmark-housing-affordability-legislation-becomes-law-without-trumps-signature\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark housing affordability legislation becomes law without Trump&#8217;s signature"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flandmark-housing-affordability-legislation-becomes-law-without-trumps-signature%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2628283&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh bipartisan 21st Century ROAD too Housing Act has become law, aiming to increase housing supply by streamlining environmental reviews, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >promoting affordable housing growth<\/a>, and encouraging reform of land use policies at the state and local levels. Although President Trump initially announced he would veto the bill in protest over voting legislation, he ultimately allowed it to become law by not signing or vetoing within the 10-day period. The legislation received overwhelming support in Congress, passing with large bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate.While designed to help address housing affordability-an ongoing concern ahead of the midterm elections-the bill\u2019s tangible impact on reducing costs may take years to materialize and depends on further action at the state and local levels. Key provisions include easing regulations,incentivizing greater housing construction,and potential restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mixed-gop-reception-for-ban-on-large-investors-buying-single-family-homes\/\" title=\"Mixed GOP reception for ban on large ... buying single-family homes\">large investors buying single-family homes<\/a>,though some industry pushback occurred. the bill provides politicians a campaign-winning moment, even though experts caution that meaningful affordability improvements will require more time and additional efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/housing\/\">housing<\/a> legislation designed to boost supply is now the law of the land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, became law at midnight on Friday without President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s signature. Instead, he allowed a 10-day window to run its course without signing or vetoing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bipartisanship\/\">bipartisan<\/a> bill, which under the Constitution means it is enacted by default.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4643633\/trump-defer-warsh-rate-hike-fed-midterms\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he will defer to Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh on rate hike before midterm elections<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4640620\/wes-moore-trump-accounts-good-idea-give-credit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Gov. Wes Moore says Trump Accounts are a \u2018good idea,\u2019 giving him \u2018credit\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4640376\/bessent-harriet-tubman-20-dollar-bill\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump administration axes plan to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill: Bessent<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4641106\/trump-sign-housing-bill-protest-save-america\/\">announced<\/a> on Friday morning that he was not going to sign the bill in a \u201cprotest\u201d over the Senate not passing voting legislation he has long favored.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, which is polling at 97% with the Republican Party, and very high with the non-politician Dumocrats,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House had previously endorsed the legislation, and Trump was scheduled to sign it during a ceremony on Capitol Hill last month, but he unexpectedly said at the last minute he would delay doing so until the passage of the SAVE America Act, which would require voter ID and proof of citizenship when registering to vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4639752\/investors-think-fed-chairman-warsh-hike-rates-midterms\/\"><strong>INVESTORS NOW THINK NEW FED CHAIRMAN WARSH WILL HIKE RATES BEFORE MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No progress was made on the SAVE America Act, despite using the housing bill as leverage, and Trump declined to veto the legislation, which is designed to bring down costs by easing federal regulations and encouraging states and cities to loosen land use restrictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) transmitted the bill to the White House for approval, which began a 10-day timeline for it to become law unless Trump vetoed it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson had previously <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5947075-johnson-doubts-trump-housing-bill-veto\/\">denied<\/a> that Trump would veto the bill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe won\u2019t veto the bill,\u201d Johnson said after meeting with the president late last month. \u201cWe already know that. He\u2019ll either allow it to just go into law, or he\u2019ll put his signature on it and take partial ownership, and I hope he does the latter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump criticized the legislation ahead of his first aborted signing ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Elizabeth \u2018Pocahontas\u2019 Warren centric housing bill, which is of minor importance compared to lower interest rates, and even FISA, pales in comparison to passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,\u201d Trump said, before canceling the ceremony just hours before.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, with the bipartisan housing legislation now law, it gives both Republicans and Democrats a legislative win that they can campaign on heading into the midterm elections, where voters\u2019 No. 1 concern is inflation and affordability \u2014 although Democrats may emphasize that Trump never signed it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill was overwhelmingly bipartisan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4621310\/congress-passes-housing-affordability-legislation-midterms\/\">voted 358-32<\/a> to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and the Senate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4619530\/senate-passes-bill-curb-housing-costs\/\">voted 85-5<\/a> to do the same.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boosting housing supply has long been a goal for affordable housing advocates, who say the U.S. housing market is millions of homes short of where it should be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Affordability, given years of red-hot inflation, has become a top consideration in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans are hoping to hold on to control of the House and Senate in November, but Democrats are pushing hard to blame high prices on Trump and the GOP. Housing costs are a major part of the problem. Purchasing the average-priced home now requires about 30% of median household income, according to ICE Mortgage Technology, up about 50% from before the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s economic approval ratings have soured after he swept into office running on lowering costs. The bipartisan housing legislation is a tangible measure that Republicans can point to when making the argument to constituents that they are working to address high costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal on the final version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act finally came together in June after talks between the \u201cfour corners\u201d on the legislation \u2014 Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) and ranking member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in the Senate, and Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR) and ranking member Maxine Waters (D-CA) in the House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final version of the bill includes 47 total housing supply provisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-passes-landmark-housing-bill-ahead-of-midterm-elections\/\" title=\"Congress passes ...mark ... ahead of midterm elections\">legislation streamlines environmental reviews<\/a> to speed up affordable housing development and makes it cheaper and easier to build manufactured homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to easing federal regulations, the bill also encourages states and cities to reform their land use rules, which would mark a significant change in the federalist system of land use rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/housing-bill-wouldnt-offer-much-affordability-relief-until-after-midterms\/\" title=\"...t offer much ... until after midterms\">provision steers federal grants<\/a> to localities that permit greater housing construction and away from areas that fail to build. Another would promote zoning codes that allow for greater construction, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3871394\/should-federal-government-grade-every-state-city-zoning\/\">essentially grade<\/a> cities and states on how closely they conform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the provisions in the bill were carefully negotiated between Republicans and Democrats and have the support of the vast majority of Congress, municipal officials, and the housing industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But one provision had courted significant controversy: a ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-expected-to-vote-on-housing-bill-after-talks-on-controversial-provisions\/\" title=\"... expected to vote on ... after talks on controversial ...s\">large investors purchasing single-family homes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That provision, which was added to the bill after Trump demanded it during his State of the Union address, had strong support from some populist Democrats but had faced pushback from free marketeers and some in the industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate\u2019s initial version of the ban received backlash from industry groups, specifically over a provision that would have required investors in build-to-rent homes to sell those houses within seven years. House negotiators later nixed that part, much to the relief of the housing industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, despite the measures in the bill, experts argue it wouldn\u2019t offer many tangible affordability benefits ahead of the midterm elections \u2014 but would rather be a key talking point for lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4623852\/housing-bill-affordability-relief-midterm-elections\/\"><strong>HOUSING BILL WOULDN\u2019T OFFER MUCH AFFORDABILITY RELIEF UNTIL AFTER MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think this is something that can be measured in years rather than months,\u201d Francis Torres, director of the Bipartisan Policy Center\u2019s housing and infrastructure projects, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut it\u2019s hard to give you a specific prediction, because Congress is not the only actor,\u201d Torres continued. \u201cThere\u2019s some stuff in here that will require state and local action for the full promise of this bill to be realized.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing law to boost supply passes without Trump signature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3360,"featured_media":2628284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/johnson-thune.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61460,51639,4762,51379,3634],"class_list":["post-2628283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-housing-affordability","tag-law-2","tag-legislation","tag-real-estate-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/johnson-thune.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628283"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628287,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628283\/revisions\/2628287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}