Aware of the competitive nature of most sapient beings,
Not wishing to nationalize everything in all WA member nations, an approach that does not work due to the competitive nature of most sapient beings,
Aware that state ownership of resources is usually not very efficient,
Noting that land and buildings are finite resources for a member state, that are, in market systems, inefficiently used, mostly based on money and history instead of need and efficiency, in a manner even less efficient than under state ownership,
Decrying the injustices of land and housing being speculated upon and reserved by the rich far in excess of what they need,
Convinced that markets are not the solution for land and building problems,
Enacts:
1.The ownership of land in all member states shall be seized to that member state with or without compensation according to clause 4,
2.The ownership of buildings in these member states shall be seized by that member state with or without compensation according to clause 4
3.Housing shall be given access to fairly, with disregard to the personal wealth of the people, and payments for a better house shall be prohibited,
4.The member state should pay or receive compensation according to the cost of a new building and the costs of repairing the current building, balanced by its usefulness for society; but:
5.People who have to pay compensation for assets being seized shall not have to pay more than reasonably affordable for them without causing undue hardships
6.After accounting for 5., if the compensation the state would have to pay exceeds the compensation it can pay without disrupting its other legal obligations, then it has to pay only the amount it can pay without disrupting its other legal obligations, by reducing the maximum amount paid for each person, but:
7. If the cap would be negative or 0(because the member state is already struggling with its other legal obligations, then the member state must seize the buildings it would otherwise have to pay compensation for without compensation.
Clarifies:
That older World Assembly resolutions have precedence in case of conflict.
Social Justice, Strong.