While a variety of significant bipartisan bills became law during Joe Biden’s term, the number of meaningful bipartisan breakthroughs during Donald Trump’s second term has been stuck at zero.

That might soon change. The New York Times reported:

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed the largest piece of housing legislation in 36 years, as Republicans and Democrats banded together to tackle a major cost-of-living issue just months before midterm elections in which affordability is expected to be a main focus.

In a deeply divided Congress, it’s rare to see major legislation advance by lopsided margins, but this bill cleared the upper chamber in an 89-10 vote.

There are a lot of moving parts to this one, so let’s unpack the details with a Q&A.

There’s a housing bill? Why haven’t I heard about this?

Well, there has been a lot of other stuff going on in the news. Plus, there was some uncertainty until quite recently about whether this package would come together.

Who wrote the legislation?

While bipartisanship has been a rarity over the past couple of years, this bill was written by the top two members of the Senate Banking Committee: Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

Is it any good?

Overhauling federal housing policy is tricky — there’s a reason Congress hasn’t passed major housing legislation in more than three decades — but there’s plenty to like in the package, which is called The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. As a separate New York Times report summarized, the package would “streamline production, modernize federal programs, improve financing options, ease regulations and set limits on large institutional investors,” all as part of a larger effort to drive down housing costs by boosting supply.

So, it’s a good bill that passed with 89 votes. Sounds like a done deal?

Of course not. Part of the bill passed the House in January, but the Senate package would still need to clear the lower chamber. It’s unclear whether that will happen.

Why wouldn’t it happen?

For one thing, several House Republicans have said the Senate version isn’t conservative enough. For another, much of the House GOP takes direction from Donald Trump, who apparently doesn’t want Congress to bother with the issue at all.

But isn’t the cost and availability of affordable housing a major national issue?

For many Americans, yes — but not for the president. According to Punchbowl News and NBC News, Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republican leaders and committee chairs at their annual retreat this week that Trump wants the party to focus entirely on the so-called Save America Act, which would make it harder for Americans to register to vote and cast ballots.

In fact, Johnson told his members that Trump told him that “no one gives a (bleep) about housing,” in Johnson’s phrasing.

Isn’t this the same president who recently said, “I don’t want to drive housing prices down”?

Yes. Yes, it is.

So what happens now?

As a matter of legislative procedure, we don’t know yet. The House could take up the newly passed Senate package as is, or it could try to pass an alternative version and send it back to the Senate. There has also been chatter about a possible conference committee that would feature members from both chambers who’d be tasked with reconciling the two competing versions.

In the meantime, the party will look to the White House for guidance, which could be a problem since the president continues to say he’ll reject any legislation that isn’t his anti-voting proposal.

Watch this space.