SB 2017-111: Antineutrino-Simossad Affordable Housing Act of 2017 (Passed)

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled,

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Sponsors: Henry Wallace and R2D2

I hereby open the floor for debate.

[Barnes]

I will assume sponsorship for the bill.

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Senators have 24 hours to object to the sponsorship of Barnes.

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I'm honestly not very knowledgable on how rent or housing policy works, but I have read the bill in its entirety as well as the House debate on it.  Aside from that damn Brit spelling of the word "program," I take no issue with this particular bill.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I'm honestly not very knowledgable on how rent or housing policy works, but I have read the bill in its entirety as well as the House debate on it.  Aside from that damn Brit spelling of the word "program," I take no issue with this particular bill.

Damn it, I knew we forgot to fix something.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     How do we define "empty" for the purposes of Section 4?

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Barnes is now the sponsor.

[Barnes]

Jolly good, thank you, Senator Scott.

I agree with Senator PiT that Section 4 needs further definition as well as Section 2 so that we can be more clear cut over where the housing crisis is needed. The problem is not uniformly distributed across the country and certain urban areas are in far greater need than others for a speed brake on rent increases.

I'll be working on something soon on that front, and am more than happy to hear what any of my colleagues would like to contribute.

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Let's not forget about this.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

I would be willing to sign this bill as is for the record, although feel free to take your time and add any changes you see fit.

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I would like to take this to a vote pretty soon if no one has any other comments or amendments to offer.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I am still concerned about Section 4. Empty properties are not clearly defined, but generally speaking someone probably owns them. We would need to provide for recompensing that person for taking property that they own.

[Barnes]

I agree fully with Senator PiT's concerns and apologize for not having drafted an amendment to ameliorate that issue, but other matters took precedence.

I would be most interested in developing both a legal definition and procedure which affords a clear set of rights to owners of properties deemed "vacant" through a clearly defined legal process and matter of compensation.

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Bump.

[Wikipedia delenda est]

Making housing affordable is a noble goal, and this bill looks like it would be an effective mean of achieving that end. Rent controls are a promising system that should succeed in making housing more affordable, as should a distributive program whose purpose is to fill vacant homes. I do concur with several of my other colleagues, though, that the "empty and abandoned homes" heading for Section 4 needs a clear definition. For the reasons outlined above, I support this act.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Wow, I thought this has passed or something by now.

[Lambsbread]

We should probably get a vote going on this.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It's not perfect, but here's something to get the ball rolling on the Section 4 problem. I propose an amendment to add a Section 4, Clause 2:

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     Subsequent clauses of Section 4 are accordingly renumbered.

     

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Sponsor feedback?

[ZuWo]

     It's not perfect, but here's something to get the ball rolling on the Section 4 problem. I propose an amendment to add a Section 4, Clause 2:

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     Subsequent clauses of Section 4 are accordingly renumbered.

     

I agree with the need to further define the term "abandoned" and have no objections to your amendment, PiT. After all, in a game like Atlasia we always have to strike a balance between crafting sloppy legislation on the one hand and overly detailed legislation on the other hand.

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Barnes?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Try Caps lock 20 pt and go up from there.

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BARNES WTF

[ZuWo]

So it's been a week since Barnes was last seen on Atlas Forum and 9 days since his last post, and as far as I have seen no LOA was posted. This is starting to get tedious.

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With Barnes out of the Senate, this needs a new sponsor.