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Housing Emergency - Amendment

  • Submitted by: Paul McLennan, East Lothian, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-14719.4
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 02 October 2024

As an amendment to motion S6M-14719 in the name of Anas Sarwar (Housing Emergency), leave out from "believes" to end and insert "agrees that Scotland is in a housing emergency; notes the Scottish Government’s ongoing work with partners, including COSLA and the Housing to 2040 Board, on priorities in tackling the housing emergency; highlights the Scottish Government’s commitment to provide £80 million across 2024-25 and 2025-26 to support acquisitions and bring empty social homes back into use, bringing the Affordable Housing Supply Programme investment to almost £600 million this year, and its commitment to £100 million for 2,800 mid-market rent homes; welcomes the investment of £22 million in affordable housing through charitable bonds and the launch of a planning hub to improve capacity and skills; notes the Housing (Scotland) Bill, which includes key measures on preventing homelessness, including action through rent controls, and calls on the UK Government to reverse the 9% capital budget cut, to permanently uprate local housing allowance to the 30th percentile of local rents, and to scrap the so-called bedroom tax in its Autumn Budget."


Vote

Result 60 for, 54 against, 8 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

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No Party Affiliation

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Alba Party

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Independent

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Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-14719

Housing Emergency

Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, September 30, 2024

Supported by: Mark Griffin, Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Result 59 for, 55 against, 8 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Passed


Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-14719.1

Housing Emergency - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 2, 2024


Motion ref. S6M-14719.2

Housing Emergency - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 2, 2024


Motion ref. S6M-14719.3

Housing Emergency - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 2, 2024