Dive Brief: - President Donald Trump said today that he will not sign major housing legislation until Congress approves his bill to put new restrictions on voting. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Road to Housing Act Tuesday following the Senate’s earlier approval. - The bipartisan housing bill bolsters existing federal assistance such as Community Development Block Grants and the HOME Investment Partnership Program, unlocks new financing tools and eases certain regulatory burdens for localities, municipal groups say. - The housing legislation comes amid subdued national housing activity as local government leaders call housing affordability the most pressing concern for their communities. Dive Insight: Trump, who previously has called for increased housing production, was largely expected to sign the bill before this morning’s political maneuver. Today he said on social media the bill was “of minor importance” compared with lower interest rates and other national issues such as the SAVE America Act. That bill would add new proof of citizenship requirements for voters in the U.S. and mandate a photo ID to cast a ballot. Republicans in Congress consider the voting legislation a longshot, NBC News reported. The Road to Housing legislation is the largest housing package to make its way through Congress in more than 35 years, Senate bill co-sponsor Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Monday. Warren is the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. The bill, nearly a year in the making, has been championed by municipal groups as a much-needed key to unlock more housing at the local level. “It will provide dozens of new resources, incentives and federal regulatory relief to spur the development of more attainable housing,” National League of Cities President Kevin Kramer said in a statement, lauding the bill’s passage in Congress. Kramer is a Louisville,