Foreign Land Ownership Ban of 2023 - Broadlands

Rationale

Banning foreign land ownership protects national sovereignty, stabilizes housing markets, and ensures land remains accessible for citizens.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Foreign Land Ownership	No restrictions on foreign land purchases		Ban all foreign ownership of land and property

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Foreign Land Ownership

Previous law

No restrictions on foreign land purchases

Ban all foreign ownership of land and property

Proposer

Party

Progressive Reform

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Core pillars

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Timeline

Draft

11 July 2023
Vote Open

16 July 2023
Vote Closed

14 September 2023
Did Not Become Law

14 September 2023

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Representatives

Passed

229Yes 162No 44Not voted 435 seats

For: 229 / 435 seats (52.6%)

Against: 162 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 44

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 58.6%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Broadlands Democrats	28	No	As long as Broadlands is not negatively affected by foreign land ownership, we are opposed to a ban.
Forward Broadlands	0	No	Forward Broadlands supports making housing more affordable and ensuring that our land serves the interests of the people who live here. However, a blanket ban on all foreign ownership of land and property goes too far. It could restrict investment in commercial property and other parts of the economy where foreign investment can be beneficial. We would support targeted measures against housing speculation and excessive foreign ownership in the housing market, but this proposal is unnecessarily broad.
Homeland Union	0	No	That's too strict. It should require government consent.
Pax Americana	134	No	This is infringement on the right to property
People's Revolutionary Communist Front	0	Yes	We fully support the ban on foreign land ownership as a crucial step against imperialist domination and capitalist speculation. In the spirit of anti-imperialist sovereignty championed by Castro and Guevara, national resources and land must belong to those who live and work on them, not to foreign exploiters or absentee landlords turning housing into a commodity. While this reform remains bourgeois in its framework, blocking international capital from seizing our territory defends national independence and protects the working masses from speculative housing crises. True liberation requires reclaiming our land from the grip of foreign monopolies.
Progressive Reform Proposer	229	Yes	No reason given

Senate

Passed

47Yes 39No 14Not voted 100 seats

For: 47 / 100 seats (47.0%)

Against: 39 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 14

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 54.7%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Broadlands Democrats	0	No	As long as Broadlands is not negatively affected by foreign land ownership, we are opposed to a ban.
Forward Broadlands	0	No	Forward Broadlands supports making housing more affordable and ensuring that our land serves the interests of the people who live here. However, a blanket ban on all foreign ownership of land and property goes too far. It could restrict investment in commercial property and other parts of the economy where foreign investment can be beneficial. We would support targeted measures against housing speculation and excessive foreign ownership in the housing market, but this proposal is unnecessarily broad.
Homeland Union	0	No	That's too strict. It should require government consent.
Pax Americana	39	No	This is infringement on the right to property
People's Revolutionary Communist Front	0	Yes	We fully support the ban on foreign land ownership as a crucial step against imperialist domination and capitalist speculation. In the spirit of anti-imperialist sovereignty championed by Castro and Guevara, national resources and land must belong to those who live and work on them, not to foreign exploiters or absentee landlords turning housing into a commodity. While this reform remains bourgeois in its framework, blocking international capital from seizing our territory defends national independence and protects the working masses from speculative housing crises. True liberation requires reclaiming our land from the grip of foreign monopolies.
Progressive Reform Proposer	47	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	6	Not voted

Presidency

Passed

1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Progressive Reform Proposer	1	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Forward Broadlands

Voted Sept. 7, 2023

No

“Forward Broadlands supports making housing more affordable and ensuring that our land serves the interests of the people who live here. However, a blanket ban on all foreign ownership of land and property goes too far. It could restrict investment in commercial property and other parts of the economy where foreign investment can be beneficial. We would support targeted measures against housing speculation and excessive foreign ownership in the housing market, but this proposal is unnecessarily broad.”

Homeland Union

Voted Sept. 5, 2023

No

“That's too strict. It should require government consent.”

People's Revolutionary Communist Front

Voted Aug. 21, 2023

Yes

“We fully support the ban on foreign land ownership as a crucial step against imperialist domination and capitalist speculation. In the spirit of anti-imperialist sovereignty championed by Castro and Guevara, national resources and land must belong to those who live and work on them, not to foreign exploiters or absentee landlords turning housing into a commodity. While this reform remains bourgeois in its framework, blocking international capital from seizing our territory defends national independence and protects the working masses from speculative housing crises. True liberation requires reclaiming our land from the grip of foreign monopolies.”

Broadlands Democrats

Voted July 22, 2023

No

“As long as Broadlands is not negatively affected by foreign land ownership, we are opposed to a ban.”

Pax Americana

Voted July 20, 2023

No

“This is infringement on the right to property”