Labor and Housing Reform Act of 2022 - Columbia

Rationale

Lowering retirement age and capping rents protect aging workers and renters from economic instability; banning displacement automation preserves jobs while funding retraining.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Retirement Age Policy	Retirement at 65	Retirement at 60
2	Rent Control	Rent increases capped to inflation	Hard caps on rents
3	Automation & the Workforce	Permit automation with strong retraining/transition rights	Ban automation that displaces workers; robot levy

1

Retirement Age Policy

Previous law

Retirement at 65

Retirement at 60

2

Rent Control

Previous law

Rent increases capped to inflation

Hard caps on rents

3

Automation & the Workforce

Previous law

Permit automation with strong retraining/transition rights

Ban automation that displaces workers; robot levy

Proposer

Party

Farmer-Labor Front

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Core pillars

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Harriet Palmer

Secretary of Health and Human Services · Age 33

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Timeline

Draft

9 July 2022
Vote Open

9 July 2022
Vote Closed

7 September 2022
Did Not Become Law

7 September 2022

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Failed

0Yes 87No 13Not voted 100 seats

For: 0 / 100 seats (0.0%)

Against: 87 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 13

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 0.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Columbian Alliance Of Freedom	0	No	The Alliance of Freedom opposes this proposal. Rent controls and bans on automation destroy housing supply, stifle innovation, and hurt overall economic competitiveness. We believe market-driven solutions and fiscal responsibility—not heavy-handed government intervention—are the key to long-term prosperity.
Columbian Communist Congress	0	Yes	I like 1 and 2 but the third one is just innecesary, automation is already heavily restricted to protect workers and banning automation is just innecesary. Regardless, the other ones are too good to pass on.
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	79	No	First off, proposal 1 strong hurts our tax earnings rate thereby affecting the economy Same with proposal 2. And why the hard cap on rent? I just feel like new parties should learn about the country before making proposals, it helps
Farmer-Labor Front Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Free Citizens Alliance	8	No	Rent caps do not help with the affordability of housing
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	0	Yes	i don't like the 3rd one but the rest is quite good.
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia	0	No	Proposal 1 and 3 makes it a no for me
Empty seats	26	Not voted

House of Representatives

Failed

163Yes 194No 78Not voted 435 seats

For: 163 / 435 seats (37.5%)

Against: 194 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 78

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 45.7%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Columbian Alliance Of Freedom	0	No	The Alliance of Freedom opposes this proposal. Rent controls and bans on automation destroy housing supply, stifle innovation, and hurt overall economic competitiveness. We believe market-driven solutions and fiscal responsibility—not heavy-handed government intervention—are the key to long-term prosperity.
Columbian Communist Congress	63	Yes	I like 1 and 2 but the third one is just innecesary, automation is already heavily restricted to protect workers and banning automation is just innecesary. Regardless, the other ones are too good to pass on.
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	39	No	First off, proposal 1 strong hurts our tax earnings rate thereby affecting the economy Same with proposal 2. And why the hard cap on rent? I just feel like new parties should learn about the country before making proposals, it helps
Farmer-Labor Front Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Free Citizens Alliance	63	No	Rent caps do not help with the affordability of housing
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	100	Yes	i don't like the 3rd one but the rest is quite good.
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia	92	No	Proposal 1 and 3 makes it a no for me
Empty seats	103	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
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	1	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

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

Columbian Alliance Of Freedom

Voted Aug. 25, 2022

No

“The Alliance of Freedom opposes this proposal. Rent controls and bans on automation destroy housing supply, stifle innovation, and hurt overall economic competitiveness. We believe market-driven solutions and fiscal responsibility—not heavy-handed government intervention—are the key to long-term prosperity.”

Free Citizens Alliance

Voted Aug. 13, 2022

No

“Rent caps do not help with the affordability of housing”

S

Socialism Alliance Of Columbia

Voted July 20, 2022

No

“Proposal 1 and 3 makes it a no for me”

Columbian Communist Congress

Voted July 16, 2022

Yes

“I like 1 and 2 but the third one is just innecesary, automation is already heavily restricted to protect workers and banning automation is just innecesary. Regardless, the other ones are too good to pass on.”

Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)

Voted July 12, 2022

No

“First off, proposal 1 strong hurts our tax earnings rate thereby affecting the economy Same with proposal 2. And why the hard cap on rent? I just feel like new parties should learn about the country before making proposals, it helps”

Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance

Voted July 11, 2022

Yes

“i don't like the 3rd one but the rest is quite good.”