President Trump did not sign or veto the bill, letting it pass into law early Saturday.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a comprehensive housing reform bill, passed into law early Saturday morning after President Donald Trump refused to sign — or veto — it.
According to an article by Lisa Hornung in UPI, "The housing bill includes measures that modernize building standards, encourage renovating older homes, encourage communities to build more housing with funding and grant programs, local governments to reform restrictive zoning policies around building housing and effectively ban private equity from buying up single-family homes."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren called the bill "groundbreaking," saying it will "build more housing, bring down costs, and for the first time, stop private equity from buying up homes." The President earlier called it "so unimportant."
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