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Bill: HS-8: Rent Caps Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hutori Socialists
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: June 4500
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, What we have seen in recent centuries is that people who cannot afford to buy their first house in the real estate market are marginalised in society by tenants that seek to extrapolate a maximum amount of profit from their basic need to live somewhere. The free market here fails, as it often does, as it fails to take into account that people may wish to live where they grew up or near the family or near the best job for them. In fact, on this last point, is it not counterintuitive that we would financially barricade someone from living in a more expensive area when the better job opportunities for them could result in a better wage that can *afford* it. It is simply unfair to say to them 'go live somewhere cheaper' when their geographic mobility is incredibly limited. Hence, we must institute rent caps to provide a fairer playing field for all Hutorians in the housing market. - Satomi Klausen (HS-RO) Hutori Socialists spokesperson for Health and Social Services |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on rent regulation
Old value:: The government does not regulate rents.
Current: Local governments decide on housing rent regulation.
Proposed: The government sets a cap on housing rents.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 120 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 85 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "I never dared to be radical when young. For fear it would make me conservative when old." - Robert Frost |