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  Housing and Planning Bill - Clause 72 - Vacant High Value Local Authority Housing - Local Retention of Funds for Social Housing
  
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  @ MP voted aye against giving local councils a right to retain payments in respect of vacant high value council houses to provide new social homes where they can demonstrate a need for them.
  @ MP voted no to give local councils a right to retain payments in respect of vacant high value council houses to provide new social homes where they can demonstrate a need for them.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against giving local councils a right to retain payments in respect of vacant high value council houses to provide new social homes where they can demonstrate a need for them.
  
  MPs were considering the Housing and Planning Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendments 47B and 47C
  
  Amendment 47B[2] stated:
  :Page 31, line 35, at end insertâ 
  :â() If a local housing authority so wishes, and the Secretary of State agrees, the Secretary  of  State  shall  enter  into  an  agreement  with  that  authority whereby it shall retain such part of the payment referred to in section 67(1) as may be required to fund the provision of a new affordable home.â
  
  and amendment 47C[2] stated:
  :Page 32, line 2, at end insertâ
  :â() If  a  local  housing  authority can demonstrate to the Secretary  of  State, whether by reference to its local housing plan or otherwise, that there is a particular need in its area for social housing, the authority shall retain such part of the payment referred to in section 67(1) as may be required to fund the provision of a new dwelling to be let as social housing on terms (as to tenure, rent or otherwise) which are  similar to those on which the old dwelling was let.
  
  Had the amendments not been rejected they would have added subclauses to clause 72 of the Bill[3] titled ''Reduction of payment by agreement''. The clause related to a requirement for local councils to pay central Government the value of any high value council homes which are likely to become vacant during the year. Provisions in the Bill require councils to consider selling such high value council homes.  The rejected amendment sought to require some of the funds to be retained for the provision of social housing locally where need is demonstrated.
  
  Without the rejected amendment the option to allow such funds to be retained locally was available, but there is nothing in the Bill requiring the Secretary of State use it.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/housingandplanning.html Parliament's webpage on the Housing and Planning Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2015-2016/0123/amend/ml123-I.pdf  Lords amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill containing amendments 47B and 47C]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2015-2016/0087/lbill_2015-20160087_en_5.htm#pt4-ch2-pb1-l1g72 Clause 72 of the Housing and Planning Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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