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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jim Manzon

Trump Calls Housing Bill 'a Big Yawn' as His Refusal to Sign Leaves First-Time Buyers Hanging

Trump previously declared in January that he wanted to 'drive housing prices up' to protect existing US homeowners (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that the largest bipartisan housing bill in over three decades is 'so unimportant' and 'a big yawn', confirming he will not sign until Congress passes a voting reform his own party admits cannot pass.

The remark landed on the same day a new poll from the Housing Narrative Lab and Voss Research found 56% of Americans cannot absorb a $200 (£151) monthly increase in housing costs. Another 78% said they support building more low- and middle-income housing.

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