Congress passed its biggest housing affordability bill in decades this summer by an overwhelming bipartisan vote. It became law without Trump's signature after he refused to sign it in protest over an unrelated bill

Congress passed its biggest housing affordability bill in decades this summer by an overwhelming bipartisan vote. It became law without Trump's signature after he refused to sign it in protest over an unrelated bill

Tension: The broadest federal housing law since 1990 cleared Congress with margins nobody has seen on a contested domestic bill in years, and it authorizes almost no money. Noise: The signature drama — a president letting a bill become law untouched to protest a different bill — has absorbed most of the coverage, while the enacted text has gone largely unread. Direct Message: The provisions that made near-unanimity possible are the same provisio…