Trump holding housing reform hostage over SAVE America Act

 https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/5940839-save-act-stalls-housing/

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act wasn’t some narrow partisan victory. It passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support. The goal was straightforward: make housing more affordable, cut red tape, and address some of the barriers that have made homeownership feel out of reach.  

Then, just an hour before President Trump was scheduled to sign it, he canceled the signing ceremony.

In a Truth Social post, the president 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.”  

Now, none of that means election integrity isn’t important. Of course it is. Americans should have confidence in their elections. But the SAVE America Act is aimed at a problem that evidence suggests is already extremely uncommon, while potentially creating new hurdles for eligible voters who don’t have easy access to citizenship documents. Millions of voting-age Americans do not have those documents readily available.  

Also, the bill just doesn’t have the votes.