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NDM6764 Debate: The Affordable Housing Supply Review
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Meeting: 10/07/2018 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Debate: The Affordable Housing Supply Review
NDM6764 - Julie James (Swansea West)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the importance of increasing the supply
of affordable homes in Wales; and the Welsh Government’s commitment to doing so
through its ambitious target of building 20,000 affordable homes during this
term of Government - towards which good progress is being made
2. Recognises the Welsh Government is laying the
groundwork for the prospect of building more affordable housing in the future,
in response to a range of housing needs
3. Notes that the Welsh Government is working to
create the conditions which drive innovation and improvements in terms of
design, quality and energy efficiency in housing provision
4. Notes the scope
and agreed work streams of the affordable housing review.
The scope and
agreed workstreams of the Affordable Housing Review were emailed to Members on
3 July 2018.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Paul
Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Delete all and
replace with:
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the importance of increasing the
supply of affordable homes in Wales.
2. Notes the scope
and agreed work streams of the affordable housing review.
3. Recognises the
robustness of the late Professor Holman’s alternative projection, 'Future Need
and Demand for Housing in Wales', as a basis for predicting housing need.
4. Calls on the
Welsh Government to replicate the ambition of Welsh housing associations, who
are aiming to double their current rate of new house building to achieve 75,000
new affordable homes in Wales by 2036.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2,
3, 4 and 5 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
In point 1, delete
“and the Welsh Government’s commitment to doing so through its ambitious target
of building 20,000 affordable homes during this term of Government - towards
which good progress is being made” and replace with "and regrets that
fewer than 3,000 additional affordable homes have been delivered in each of the
last six years for which statistics are available".
[If amendment 2 is agreed, amendment 3
will be de-selected]
Amendment 3 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Delete ‘ambitious’
from point 1.
Amendment 4 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Delete all after
point 1 and replace with:
Notes that
independent advice and analysis has demonstrated that 20,000 affordable homes
over the course of this Assembly term will not meet current or future needs.
Calls on the Welsh
Government to have a long-term plan for increasing the amount of affordable
housing to meet the needs of local communities throughout Wales, recognising
that this can be achieved in different ways.
Calls on all new
social and council housing, where possible, to have solar panels installed, to
ensure that tenants can benefit from lower energy bills.
Regrets that the
number of empty homes in Wales has increased over recent years, despite the
Welsh Government’s Houses into Homes scheme.
Notes the scope and
agreed work streams of the affordable housing review.
Calls on the
affordable housing review to examine the wider context of access to public
services in new estates, noting that poor access to public services can
significantly increase costs faced by people living in such estates,
particularly those on a low income.
Calls on the review
to include tenants groups and those in the private rented sector, so that they
can inform the future social and rented housing landscape in Wales.
[If amendment 4 is agreed, amendment 5 will
be de-selected]
Amendment 5 - Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
Insert as new point
after point 3 and renumber accordingly:
Calls for the Welsh
Government to accelerate the construction of modular housing in order to
deliver additional affordable housing units at pace.
Minutes:
The item started at 16.47
Voting on the
motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM6764 - Julie James (Swansea West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the importance of
increasing the supply of affordable homes in Wales; and the Welsh Government’s
commitment to doing so through its ambitious target of building 20,000
affordable homes during this term of Government - towards which good progress
is being made
2. Recognises the Welsh Government
is laying the groundwork for the prospect of building more affordable housing
in the future, in response to a range of housing needs
3. Notes that the Welsh Government
is working to create the conditions which drive innovation and improvements in
terms of design, quality and energy efficiency in housing provision
4. Notes the scope and agreed work streams of the affordable housing
review.
The scope and agreed workstreams of the Affordable Housing Review were
emailed to Members on 3 July 2018.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Delete all and
replace with:
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the importance of increasing the
supply of affordable homes in Wales.
2. Notes the scope
and agreed work streams of the affordable housing review.
3. Recognises the
robustness of the late Professor Holman’s alternative projection, 'Future Need
and Demand for Housing in Wales', as a basis for predicting housing need.
4. Calls on the
Welsh Government to replicate the ambition of Welsh housing associations, who
are aiming to double their current rate of new house building to achieve 75,000
new affordable homes in Wales by 2036.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2, 3,
4 and 5 will be de-selected]
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
12 |
2 |
39 |
53 |
Amendment
1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
In point 1, delete
“and the Welsh Government’s commitment to doing so through its ambitious target
of building 20,000 affordable homes during this term of Government - towards
which good progress is being made” and replace with "and regrets that
fewer than 3,000 additional affordable homes have been delivered in each of the
last six years for which statistics are available".
[If amendment 2 is agreed, amendment 3
will be de-selected]
A vote was taken on
amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
15 |
0 |
38 |
53 |
Amendment
2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Delete ‘ambitious’
from point 1.
A vote was taken on
amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
22 |
2 |
28 |
52 |
Amendment
3 was not agreed.
Amendment 4 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Delete all after
point 1 and replace with:
Notes that
independent advice and analysis has demonstrated that 20,000 affordable homes
over the course of this Assembly term will not meet current or future needs.
Calls on the Welsh
Government to have a long-term plan for increasing the amount of affordable
housing to meet the needs of local communities throughout Wales, recognising that
this can be achieved in different ways.
Calls on all new
social and council housing, where possible, to have solar panels installed, to
ensure that tenants can benefit from lower energy bills.
Regrets that the
number of empty homes in Wales has increased over recent years, despite the
Welsh Government’s Houses into Homes scheme.
Notes the scope and
agreed work streams of the affordable housing review.
Calls on the
affordable housing review to examine the wider context of access to public
services in new estates, noting that poor access to public services can
significantly increase costs faced by people living in such estates,
particularly those on a low income.
Calls on the review
to include tenants groups and those in the private rented sector, so that they
can inform the future social and rented housing landscape in Wales.
[If amendment 4 is agreed, amendment 5 will
be de-selected]
A vote was taken on
amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
22 |
2 |
29 |
53 |
Amendment
4 was not agreed.
Amendment 5 - Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
Insert as new point
after point 3 and renumber accordingly:
Calls for the Welsh
Government to accelerate the construction of modular housing in order to
deliver additional affordable housing units at pace.
A vote was taken on
amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
14 |
0 |
39 |
53 |
Amendment
5 was not agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion:
NDM6764 - Julie James (Swansea West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the importance of
increasing the supply of affordable homes in Wales; and the Welsh Government’s
commitment to doing so through its ambitious target of building 20,000
affordable homes during this term of Government - towards which good progress
is being made
2. Recognises the Welsh Government
is laying the groundwork for the prospect of building more affordable housing
in the future, in response to a range of housing needs
3. Notes that the Welsh Government
is working to create the conditions which drive innovation and improvements in
terms of design, quality and energy efficiency in housing provision
4. Notes the scope and agreed work streams of the affordable housing
review.
The scope and agreed workstreams of the Affordable Housing Review were
emailed to Members on 3 July 2018.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
29 |
12 |
12 |
53 |
The
motion was agreed.