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Washington, United States — President Donald Trump said on Friday, July 10, 2026, that he will not sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a sweeping bipartisan housing affordability bill, in protest over the Senate’s failure to pass his preferred voter identification and election security legislation, known as the SAVE America Act. The housing measure, described by lawmakers as the most comprehensive federal effort to address housing supply and affordability in a generation, passed Congress in late June with overwhelming, veto-proof majorities in both chambers. The Senate approved the compromise bill in an 85–5 vote on June 22, 2026, and the House followed with a 358–32 vote on June 23, 2026, before House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered the legislation to the White House on June 29, starting the 10-day constitutional clock for presidential action. Despite Trump’s refusal to sign, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is set to become law automatically at midnight on Friday under constitutional rules, because the president has neither signed nor vetoed it within the required period. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday morning, Trump explicitly linked his opposition to signing the housing bill to the Senate’s inaction on the SAVE America Act, a controversial election security proposal that includes highly restrictive voter identification requirements. He wrote that he would not sign the housing bill “in PROTEST” and called the non-passage of the SAVE America Act “CRAZY,” warning that it posed a “serious threat to any politician who votes against it,” underscoring his attempt to use the popular housing legislation as leverage over the Senate.

Prepared by Lauren Mitchell and reviewed by editorial team.