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Bill: Public Housing (Revision) Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Solentian Socialist 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: October 2154
Description[?]:
| At the present time, responsibility for housing policy rests with local government, as a result of the Local Housing Initiative written by the SSP. When we proposed that bill, all housing was privately owned, and with no seats in Parliament our party believed our first priority was to offer an alternative that was likely to be passed - we were unfamiliar with the political spectrum, and wanted to avoid alienating anyone. In recent years, however, we have come to regret that decision. Although we genuinely believe our reform was a great improvement, we also recognise that it provided no statutory right to housing. Now, the SSP holds that shelter is a fundamental human right, without which we are excluded from modern society. For this reason, we propose the state provision of "public housing to low-income families". |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: Housing policy is to be determined by local governments.
Current: All housing is privately-owned.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:20:54, December 11, 2005 CET | From | United Centrists | To | Debating the Public Housing (Revision) Act |
| Message | We support the SSP's proposal. |
| Date | 02:17:08, December 11, 2005 CET | From | Neo-Machiavellian party | To | Debating the Public Housing (Revision) Act |
| Message | As the NMP are a newly formed party, i.e. we haven't had experience with this area, all we can say is that if the local government cannot carry out this task, then we feel there is no choice but to agree to the state taking control on such a fundamental issue. |
| Date | 02:31:36, December 11, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Public Housing (Revision) Act |
| Message | This was our Local Housing Initiative: http://82.238.75.178:8085/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=33109 Our main concern is that, even in areas where parties committed to private home ownership control the local government, and are therefore opposed to offering social housing, many people WILL be in need of it. Even the richest areas will have their share of people in need - put simply, we no longer feel justified in trusting local authorities to do the "right thing", as it were. |
| Date | 03:07:04, December 11, 2005 CET | From | Communist Fascist And Anarchial Party | To | Debating the Public Housing (Revision) Act |
| Message | we fully support this proposal |
| Date | 14:07:23, December 11, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Public Housing (Revision) Act |
| Message | Moving to a vote. |
| Date | 01:35:57, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Public Housing (Revision) Act |
| Message | We fully support this proposal. |
| Date | 04:29:37, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Public Housing (Revision) Act |
| Message | May we ask why the Union of Real Politics is opposing the PH(R)A? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 616 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 84 |
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