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Trump delays signing of veto-proof housing bill pending Senate vote on voter citizenship requirement
President Trump canceled the signing of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on Wednesday. He linked the delay to the Senate's failure to pass the House-approved Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act requiring proof of citizenship for federal voter registration.
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President Trump canceled the scheduled signing of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on Wednesday. He stated he will not sign the measure until the Senate passes the House-approved Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register for federal elections. The bill cleared both chambers with veto-proof majorities.
It contains more than 45 provisions that speed up housing construction reviews, create pilot programs to boost homeownership and offer incentives for renovating older homes. House Speaker Mike Johnson met with the president on Thursday. Johnson said Sunday on Fox News that he will send the bill to Trump on Monday, after which the president has 10 days, excluding Sundays, to sign or veto it or allow it to become law.
Congress begins its recess Friday ahead of the Fourth of July holiday but will hold pro-forma sessions, preventing a pocket veto. A National Association of Home Builders study released earlier this month found that regulation accounts for $131,734 of the $499,500 average price of a new home. Democratic Rep.
Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia said on NewsNation that the delay occurred because Trump wanted to address illegal immigrant voting, a problem Subramanyam called nonexistent. Bill Owens, chair of the NAHB, said Americans are demanding action on housing supply and affordability.
