It looks like a bipartisan housing bill will become law at the stroke of midnight—though without the pomp of a presidential signing ceremony preceding it. President Trump on Friday abruptly scrapped what was expected to be one of this Congress's last big bill-signing ceremonies for the 21st Century Road to Housing Act—even with invitees en route, reports the Washington Post. However, a White House official tells NBC News that Trump will not veto the measure before midnight, meaning it would quietly become law. If a president does nothing about a bill 10 days after it passes Congress, it goes on the books. To be clear, however, Trump could change his mind and issue a veto Friday night.
"I 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," Trump wrote Friday morning on social media. The controversial act would tighten voting rules ahead of November. The housing bill, meanwhile, is billed as the most significant since the financial crisis and is aimed at lowering the cost of housing and encouraging more home construction, per the AP. Among other things, it limits bulk single-family home purchases by big investors, boosts grants to spur building, and loosens rules on manufactured homes. (This file was updated to include the White House official's remarks to NBC.)
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