Thread by @BHDemocracyNews

Now Labour 's motion Stop people being priced out of our City: Ban the sale of new homes as second homes.

Communities are suffering because of skyrocking cost of homes and the second home market is part of this says Gill Williams. #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

The gas works development is going to be marketed at the investment market which does not provide homes for local people says Gill Williams.
#Brighton remains unaffordable for many says Savils. One in 77 homes are empty 2,083 are second homes #LDreporter #Hove

There are more than 3,000 unregulated air B&BS, with 73% are entire homes says Gill Williams.

She alls for a planning obligation and city-wide referendum to ban second homes #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Greens support exploring the scope of what can be achieved says @davidinhanover Communities in the city are disrupted by second homes and Air B'n'B. There is a frustration at the broken housing market and lack of affordable homes #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

People born and bred in #Brighton have to move to Worthing for an affordable home which is a "Crying shame" says @davidinhanover Rent control is out of the council's control. Private rents are too high. He would like to regulate the market #LDreporter #Hove

@davidinhanover We are working together with Labour on housing and homelessness and straining every sinew to maximise the supply of affordable housing says @davidinhanover Since 2019 we have added more council houses than lost to right to buy #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Mary Mears says LSE found the same policy in Cornwall backfired causing house prices to rise and an adverse effect on the local economy. This policy will have a negative impact and increase housing prices and hurt the city #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

The focus should be on clearing the repairs backlog and reletting empty homes to people on the waiting list rather than having a policy that academics say have fail says Mary Mears. MPs here may have second homes, councillors may have second properties #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

It sounds like a voice of envy says Mary Mears. How dare people work hard to have the income for a second home. There are people in the chamber who are well off and will turn around and say no to this. #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Deliver for city and get housing in order and deliver housing to people who need it in the city says Mary Mears #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Gill Williams said she looked at the LSE study and says it was misrepresented #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove

Now councillors are voting on the motion.
There are 23 for
11 against
And the motion is carried #LDreporter #Brighton #Hove