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Provision of Affordable Housing Guidance (P.96/2021): amendment

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STATES OF JERSEY

PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING GUIDANCE (P.96/2021): AMENDMENT

Lodged au Greffe on 14th October 2021 by Senator S.Y. Mézec

Earliest date for debate: 23rd November 2021

STATES GREFFE

2021  P.96 Amd.

PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING GUIDANCE (P.96/2021):

AMENDMENT

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After the words "at no less than", for the word "30%" substitute "50%".

SENATOR S.Y. MÉZEC

Note:  After this amendment, the proposition would read as follows –

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

to  request  the  Council  of  Ministers  to  withdraw  the  guidance  on affordable housing which has been provided to the States of Jersey Development  Company,  as  found  in  the  reports  Housing  Policy Guidance:  Housing  affordability  and  the  South  Hill  development' (R.139/2021) and Action on Housing – recent progress and Waterfront guidance' (R.157/2021), and to issue new guidance which stipulates a minimum provision of affordable housing at no less than 50% of the homes built in the proposed developments on the Waterfront and South Hill.

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REPORT

The Government should be aiming to truly maximise the delivery of affordable housing in  Jersey  to  address  our  housing  crisis.  Ideally,  every  home  which  is  built  on government-owned land should be designated as affordable in some shape or form. This amendment gives the Assembly the choice of a more ambitious target of 50%, rather than  my  original  proposition's  target  of  30%  (which  is  double  that  which  the Government is proposing).

Financial and manpower implications

There are no financial and manpower implications.

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