Increasing the Housing Supply in Local Authorities (Legislative Amendments) Bill

What does the bill do?

It is proposed that when determining the number of residents for the purpose of setting the number of council members, approval of employee salaries that takes into account the number of residents in the local authority, the standard positions in the local authority that are set according to the number of residents and their classification, and the number of deputy heads of the authority and their salaries - account will also be taken of the number of residents who will live in the new housing units being built in the local authority, so that the number of residents will be calculated as it is set for that matter plus two residents multiplied by each new residential housing unit for which a completion certificate has not yet been issued, provided that it has a valid building permit and approval to begin work. It is also proposed that the resident count will be updated only if the addition to the number of residents under the proposed formula exceeds five percent of the number of residents in the local authority at the time of calculation, and on condition that the number of new housing units in the authority is at least 1,000. Finally, it is proposed that a local licensing authority will provide the municipal treasurer, the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Finance with the number of new housing units within the local authority's jurisdiction on several dates set in the bill.