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Bill: Government Housing Allowance
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2090
Description[?]:
| In order to guarantee that all peoples requiring housing are able to gain property the Government will provide sponsored housing to low income families and individuals who are unable to purchase properities by Private means. Those peoples living within these homes will be required to pay a limited contribution toward upkeep through rent, but costs will be maintained to such a position as to keep them below the cost of Private Rental Accommodation. Peoples will be allowed to continue to live in these houses until such time as they can either: a) Afford to purchase said property outright (this money will then be used to construct new Public Housing); b) Able to move to Private Rental Accommodation; c) Able to purchase Private Accommodation. Housing production will be split between three varieties: - 1/4 of housing will be single bed-room "starter" homes, - 1/2 of housing will be double bed-room small family homes, - 1/4 of housing will be three bed-room large family homes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: All housing is privately-owned.
Current: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:29:32, July 30, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Government Housing Allowance |
| Message | Sound good to me! |
| Date | 19:28:37, July 30, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Government Housing Allowance |
| Message | The intentions are good, but there is the danger of class seperation as the low income are placed into government "projects". It conjures up images of gang ridden government housing like Harlem, Bronx, and closer to my home, the projexts of Roxbury and Hyde Park. All of these are state provided government homes that are seperated from the rest of the city. Once they are in, it is difficult to get out. |
| Date | 02:39:20, July 31, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Government Housing Allowance |
| Message | We have no intention of constructing gated-communities that only allow low-income householders, rather we intend to use many of these houses merely as a stepping stone for people to move onto purchasing their own housing whilst guaranteeing that the poorest of our people are guaranteed affordable housing. |
| Date | 17:12:29, July 31, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Movement | To | Debating the Government Housing Allowance |
| Message | We will support this Bill. |
| Date | 19:45:41, July 31, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Government Housing Allowance |
| Message | We also support. |
| Date | 13:25:07, August 02, 2005 CET | From | Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Government Housing Allowance |
| Message | I will support this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 368 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 32 |
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