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A New Deal for Tenants

  • Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-02625
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 21 December 2021

Motions as amended

That the Parliament notes the publication of the consultation on A New Deal for Tenants, which seeks views on the Scottish Government’s ambitious plans for the rented sector; agrees that the 1.85 million people who live in the rented sector should have improved quality, standards and rights in the place they call home; supports the aims of A New Deal for Tenants to ensure tenants have more secure and stable tenancies, flexibility to personalise their homes, improved safeguards against eviction, improved regulation and effective national rent controls in the private sector; agrees that the legislation establishing the framework for these rent controls must be included in the forthcoming Housing Bill in the second year of the current parliamentary session; recognises that this strategy will support progress towards the human right of an adequate home for all; welcomes, therefore, this draft strategy seeking to make renting a home more affordable, safer, with a higher quality, better managed and more secure; urges the Scottish Government to also address the issues around the availability of private rented properties; considers that it should increase its ambitions for the building of more homes for social rent, and believes that increasing the supply of affordable rented housing is necessary to give people security, stabilise the housing market and support progress towards the human right of an adequate home for all.


Supported by: Ben Macpherson, Shona Robison

Vote

Result 89 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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No Party Affiliation

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Original motion text

That the Parliament notes the publication of the consultation on A New Deal for Tenants, which seeks views on the Scottish Government’s ambitious plans for the rented sector; agrees that the 1.85 million people who live in the rented sector should have improved quality, standards and rights in the place they call home; supports the aims of A New Deal for Tenants to ensure tenants have more secure and stable tenancies, flexibility to personalise their homes, improved safeguards against eviction, improved regulation and effective national rent controls in the private sector; recognises that this strategy will support progress towards the human right of an adequate home for all, and welcomes, therefore, this draft strategy seeking to make renting a home more affordable, safer, with a higher quality, better managed and more secure.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S6M-02625.2

A New Deal for Tenants - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, December 20, 2021

Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Result 88 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S6M-02625.1

A New Deal for Tenants - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, December 20, 2021

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Result 28 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-02625.3

A New Deal for Tenants - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, December 20, 2021

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, December 21, 2021