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Housing and Planning Act 2016
Summary
The Housing and Planning Act 2016 aims to increase house building in England by making planning laws faster and more flexible. It also introduces new rules about right to buy for housing association tenants and allows councils to sell off expensive council houses when they become empty.
A vote to support means
- —Supporting this Act means backing efforts to build more homes and speed up the planning process. Supporters believe it helps tackle the housing shortage and makes it easier and faster for developers to get permission to build new properties.
A vote to oppose means
- —Critics worry the Act removes protections for green spaces and lets developers build without enough consideration for local communities. They're also concerned it reduces workers' rights and weakens rules that ensure new housing is affordable for ordinary people.
Cast Your Vote
People's Vote0 votes
0% Support · 00% Oppose · 0
Parliament's Vote489 MPs
60% Ayes · 29240% Noes · 197
Bill Passage
Commons
- 1st reading13 Oct 2015
- 2nd reading2 Nov 2015
- Committee stage10 Nov 2015
- Report stage5 Jan 2016
- 3rd reading12 Jan 2016
Lords
- 1st reading13 Jan 2016
- 2nd reading26 Jan 2016
- Committee stage9 Feb 2016
- Report stage11 Apr 2016
- 3rd reading27 Apr 2016
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