Trump’s plan to make housing affordable is faltering

President Donald Trump’s bid to put home ownership in reach for more Americans is sputtering, just weeks after it launched. 

With voters signaling that pocketbook issues are top-of-mind ahead of the November midterm elections, the White House has floated a series of trial balloons aimed at lowering the cost of buying a home, only to see several shot down by Congress, the financial industry or even Trump himself. 

The result: About six weeks after he promised “some of the most...