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华盛顿讯—— 一项具有里程碑意义的住房法案于周六凌晨12点自动生效，此前特朗普总统因抗议参议院未能通过一项名为《拯救美国法案》的选举法案而拒绝签署该法案。
这项被称为《21世纪住房之路法案》的两党法案是数十年来最全面的住房立法。该法案旨在增加住房供应并降低成本，其中包括限制机构投资者购买某些独栋住宅。
总统原定于上月在国会山的法案签署仪式上签署该立法，此前众议院和参议院均以两党压倒性多数通过了这项法案。但他提前数小时突然取消了签署仪式，并威胁称，除非国会通过《拯救美国法案》，否则不会签署这项住房立法。该法案将对投票和选民登记施加新的限制。
总统于周五上午再次重申了不签署该住房法案的意图。
“我不会签署这份已经国会完全通过并送交白宫的住房法案，以此抗议美国参议院无法通过《拯救美国法案》。该法案在共和党选民中的支持率达97%，在非政客民主党人中支持率也很高，”总统在Truth Social平台上发帖称。
根据美国宪法，国会两院通过的法案如果总统在10天内（周日除外）既不签署也不否决，将自动生效。
马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦是该法案在参议院的主要倡导者，她严厉批评了总统拒绝签署该法案的行为。
“午夜时分，一项旨在降低住房成本的重大两党法案在没有总统签署的情况下正式生效。特朗普总统为什么要将这项具有里程碑意义的住房法案搁置两周多？也许是因为该法案对他个人毫无好处——没有镶金舞厅，没有卡塔尔喷气式飞机，没有20亿美元的加密货币交易。《21世纪住房之路法案》除了让住房变得更可负担之外，别无其他，”她在一份声明中说道。“唐纳德·特朗普不愿拿起笔签署法案，因为他根本不想为美国家庭降低生活成本。”
总统的决定让他在国会的共和党盟友陷入困境，剥夺了他们宣传自己为解决美国人始终关切的住房负担能力问题所做努力的机会。尽管近几个月来总统向参议院共和党领导人施压，但他们多次表示，该选举法案没有足够的支持票数通过。
这项住房法案的通过经过了数月的努力，是中期选举前罕见的两党共识时刻。但特朗普总统称该法案“无聊透顶”，并明确表示他希望将注意力放在推动禁止邮寄投票、要求选民登记时提供公民身份证明以及投票时出示带照片身份证件的议程上。
尽管总统拒绝签署该法案，但他也没有行使否决权，这使得该法案自动生效。众议院议长迈克·约翰逊于6月29日将该法案送交总统，启动了10天的倒计时期，他上月末曾多次就该问题与总统会面。
当天，当被问及他打算如何处理该住房法案时，特朗普告诉记者他不确定，并补充道，与《拯救美国法案》相比，“我认为这完全不重要”。
一天后，约翰逊回应特朗普的言论称，“总统事务繁忙，我认为可以说他没有通读该法案的每一行内容”。
这位路易斯安那州共和党议员表示，该法案“内容丰富，有很多很棒的条款”，并补充说他和总统“已经就此谈过很多次”。
“他的意思是，与确保选举诚信（如今体现为《拯救美国法案》）相比，没有什么比这更重要，”约翰逊说。“这并不是说其他问题就不重要，生活成本和负担能力就是其中之一。这是民众最关心的问题。”
约翰逊最终对该法案能够生效表示信心，他表示曾鼓励总统用“你能找到的最粗的黑色马克笔”签署该法案，并告诉他该立法的结果“对美国人民将非常、非常有益”。
“所以我希望他能签署。如果他不签，法案依然会生效；我们仍会庆祝，”约翰逊说。“但他是在表达一个观点，我认为他表达得非常到位。”
这项住房新法的内容
这部新法律包含超过45项条款，其中许多旨在通过消除监管壁垒、简化环境审查流程来增加保障性住房的开发。它还启动了一项试点项目，帮助地方政府将空置的商业建筑改造为保障性住房，为预制住宅的建设解锁更多联邦资金，并废除了要求住宅必须安装底盘（用于运输的钢制框架）的规定。
此外，它还为增加住房供应的社区设立了创新基金，为退伍军人提供住房支持，并限制机构投资者收购独栋住宅。
支持者表示，对机构投资者的限制旨在减少竞争，使普通购房者受益。该限制适用于现有独栋住宅，而非新建住宅，因此保留了金融公司投资新房建设的激励措施。
Bipartisan housing bill automatically becomes law after Trump refuses to sign it
July 11, 2026 / 12:00 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — A landmark housing bill automatically became law at 12 a.m. on Saturday after President Trump declined to sign it in protest of the Senate’s inaction on an elections bill known as the SAVE America Act.
The bipartisan bill, known as the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is the most comprehensive housing legislation in decades. The measure aims to increase housing supply and bring down costs, including by limiting institutional investors from purchasing certain single-family homes.
The president had been set to sign the legislation at a Capitol Hill bill signing ceremony last month, shortly after the House and Senate approved it by wide bipartisan margins. But he abruptly canceled the bill signing hours in advance, and threatened not to sign the legislation until Congress approved the SAVE America Act. That legislation would impose new restrictions on voting and registering to vote.
The president reiterated his intent not to sign the housing bill on Friday morning.
“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, which is polling at 97% with the Republican Party, and very high with the non-politician Dumocrats,” the president posted on Truth Social.
Under the Constitution, a bill that has passed both houses of Congress automatically becomes law if the president doesn’t sign or veto it within 10 days, excluding Sundays.
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the chief proponent of the legislation in the Senate, harshly criticized the president’s refusal to sign the bill.
“At the stroke of midnight, a huge bipartisan bill to lower housing costs became law without the President’s signature. Why did President Trump sit on the landmark housing bill for more than 2 weeks? Maybe because there was nothing in it for him personally — no gold-encrusted ballroom, no Qatari jet, no $2 billion crypto deal. Nothing in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing except ways to make housing more affordable,” she said in a statement. “Donald Trump couldn’t pick up the pen because he just isn’t interested in lowering costs for American families.”
The president’s decision put his Republican allies in Congress in a difficult position, depriving them of an opportunity to tout their efforts to address concerns about affordability that have remained top of mind for Americans. And despite pressure from the president in recent months, Senate GOP leaders have repeatedly stated that the elections bill does not have enough support to pass.
The housing bill’s passage came after months of work and represented a rare moment of bipartisan consensus ahead of the midterm elections. But the president called the bill “a yawn,” while making clear that he wants the focus to be on his push to ban voting by mail, requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot.
Despite the president’s refusal to sign the bill, he also didn’t veto it, allowing it to become law automatically. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who met with the president multiple times on the issue late last month, sent the bill to the president on June 29, starting the 10-day clock.
That day, when asked what he planned to do about the housing bill, Mr. Trump told reporters he didn’t know, adding, “I think it’s so unimportant” in comparison to the SAVE America Act.
A day later, Johnson responded to Mr. Trump’s comments by saying that “the president has a lot going on and I think it’s safe to say he’s not read through every line of that piece of legislation.”
The Louisiana Republican said there’s “a lot to it and a lot of great things,” and added that he and the president had “spoken about it quite a bit.”
“What he was saying is in comparison to ensuring election integrity, which is now represented by the SAVE America Act, nothing is as important,” Johnson said. “That’s not to say that there are not also incredibly important issues, and the cost of living and affordability is among them. It’s top of mind.”
Johnson ultimately expressed confidence that the bill would become law, noting that he had encouraged the president to sign it with “the fattest black marker you have,” while telling him the results of the legislation “are going to be very, very good for the American people.”
“So I hope he does sign it. If he doesn’t, it’s still law; we’ll still celebrate it,” Johnson said. “But he’s trying to make a point and I think he’s making it very effectively.”
What the housing law does
The new law includes more than 45 provisions, many of which are aimed at increasing development of affordable housing by removing regulatory barriers and streamlining environmental reviews. It also launches a pilot program to aid local governments in converting vacant commercial buildings into affordable housing, unlocks more federal funding for the construction of factory-built homes and eliminates a rule that requires homes to be built on a chassis — a steel framework used to transport them.
In addition, it creates an innovation fund for communities that are increasing their housing supply, supports housing opportunities for veterans and limits the purchases of single-family homes by institutional investors.
The institutional-investor limits are aimed at cutting competition to benefit homebuyers, supporters say. And applying to existing single-family homes, rather than new construction, the law preserves incentives for financial firms to invest in new housing construction.