A broad housing affordability bill becomes law on Saturday without a signature from President Donald Trump and without White House fanfare, after the president declined to endorse the measure. According to reports, the legislation includes dozens of provisions aimed at improving housing affordability. In the lead-up to the final vote, Trump had previously praised the package in strong terms, calling it, in June, “the most comprehensive and consequential housing legislation in the history of our country.” However, later statements show a shift in his stance, with Trump deriding the proposal as “a yawn” and expressing dissatisfaction with the breadth of its affordability provisions. The bill’s enactment proceeds through the legislative process despite the president’s lack of signature, and news coverage frames the move as undercutting the message some Republicans had been using heading into midterm politics. Both outlets describe a contrast between earlier support for the measure and the later snub surrounding its completion into law, emphasizing the change in tone from Trump as the bill’s path concluded.