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Consultations & Scrutiny Responses
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You can view the Association's responses to propositions, submissions to Scrutiny and communications to States Members here.

P.2-2022 Tenancy Notice Periods
2022
7th January
"If approved, this proposition would require the Minister for Housing and Communities to use his powers to provide increased security of tenure for tenants who have lived in their homes for a substantial amount of time, by requiring longer notice periods which reflect the length of time a tenant has lived in that home."
Current status:
PASSED
Debated on: 10th February 2022
Fair Rents Plan
2021
31st December
"The Housing Minister's Far Rents Plan delivers on his commitment to:
• respond to the recommendations of the current review of Social Rent policy.
• extend eligibility to social housing through the affordable housing gateway.
• identify actions to expand protections provided by the Residential Tenancy Law to private sector tenants.
• identify actions to respond to the need to protect private sector tenants from excessive rent rises.
• set out a high-level framework for a future social housing regulator."
View the JLA response(s):
Current status:
ONGOING
P.121-2021 Rent Safe Scheme
2021
21st December
"The intention of this proposition is to ensure that landlords must register with the Rent Safe scheme, to promote the application of minimum accommodation standards, and to improve visibility for tenants of the standard of property they are renting."
Current status:
DEFEATED
Debated on: 10th February 2022
P.119-2021 Enveloped Property Transactions
2021
21st December
"This Proposition introduces the Draft Taxation (Enveloped Property Transactions) (Jersey) Law 202- (the “Draft Law”). The Draft Law creates a new tax on certain transactions that relate to “enveloped property”. The tax is to be administered by the Comptroller of Revenue."
Current status:
PASSED
Debated on: 9th February 2022
Carbon Neutral Roadmap
2021
17th December
In 2019, the States Assembly declared a climate emergency. They asked for the Government of Jersey to write a Carbon Neutral Strategy. The Strategy asked for a Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change and a long-term climate action plan to be produced for consideration by the States Assembly. The Carbon Neutral Roadmap is the name given to the long-term climate action plan.