{"longTitle":"A Bill to amend section 157 of the Housing Act 1985 to extend the use of local occupancy clauses to certain urban areas with the permission of the Secretary of State; to increase the qualifying period of local occupancy clauses from three years to either five or ten years; to place a duty on the Homes and Communities Agency and local authorities with housing and planning responsibilities to promote co-operative and mutual housing options and report annually in this regard; to require the Homes and Communities Agency, local authorities and the Land Registry to identify land available for housing development which has not been developed and to publish a report on the available options for development of housing on such land; and for connected purposes.","summary":null,"sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":177,"name":"Mr Gareth Thomas","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/177/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/177/contact","memberFrom":"Harrow West"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":1138,"shortTitle":"Housing Market Reform Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2013-04-26T10:27:09","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":5,"introducedSessionId":25,"includedSessionIds":[25],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":13938,"stageId":7,"sessionId":25,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}