Donald Trump delays bipartisan housing bill over election‑security legislation

President Donald Trump cancelled the scheduled signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing affordability bill that cleared the Senate 85‑5 and the House 358‑32. In a Truth Social post he wrote, “Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency.” The president is demanding that Congress first approve the SAVE America Act, an election‑security measure focused on non‑citizen voting and a ban on mail‑in ballots, before he will sign the housing legislation.

The housing bill is designed to lower construction costs, expand federal grants, restrict large institutional investors from buying single‑family homes, and increase access to small‑dollar mortgages. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Trump has a ten‑day window before the bill automatically becomes law. Republicans and Democrats have criticized the move as putting election priorities ahead of urgent housing reforms ahead of the midterm elections.