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CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
A BILL TO
Establish Government Owned Housing
The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
1. Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Public Housing Act’.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative Strataguy1 and co-authored by Senator True Darklander-Anthropy.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative eatean and Senator True Darklander-Anthropy.
(5) This Act amends the following acts:
(a) Civil Code Act
(b) Appropriations Act - OCT 2026
2. Reasons and Intent
The law has been written with the intention to:
(1) Provide cheap, affordable, and easy-to-find starting rental properties for New Players in the server.
(2) Lift the burden of providing housing for new and poor players off of the private sector and onto a regulated and safe governmental welfare service.
(3) Provide new players in the Commonwealth a more fulfilling new player experience.
3. Definitions
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) New Player. A Player whose join date is less than or equal to 2 months ago.
(b) New Player Units. A rental Region owned by the Commonwealth Government, reserved for New Players with rent not exceeding 50 dollars per 15 days.
(c) Public Housing Plot. A Commercial Plot owned by the Commonwealth Government where New Player units have been made available.
(d) Regulator. A government department or agency with the responsibility to set prices and Regulations in Public Housing Plots
(e) Public Benefit State-owned Enterprise. A business wholly owned and overseen by the Commonwealth Government through any governmental entity with the intent of providing a public service or fulfilling a government policy goal.
PART II — Establishment and Governing Responsibility
4. Establishment
(1) This Act shall create, as a Public Benefit State-owned Enterprise, the Redmont National Housing Corporation (referred to as RNHC from now on). The RNHC is to be wholly owned by the Department of Commerce.
(a) The RNHC is to be a non-profit, member-based, Limited Liability Company, whose sole member shall be the Department of Commerce, and membership in which is to be the Department of Commerce.
(i) Membership in the RNHC is inalienable property of the Commonwealth, and the Department of Commerce may not sell, transfer, or in any way alienate its membership to any other entity.
(2) The Government of Redmont, through the Department of Construction and Transportation and the Department of Commerce, is to procure and establish at least 5 different Public Housing Plots
(a) At least one Public Housing Plot is to be established and operated within 300 blocks of each of the following locations:
(i) Main Reveille Spawn
(ii) South Reveille Spawn
(iii) North Reveille Spawn
(iV) Northern Business District
(V) University of Redmont
(3) The Department of Commerce is to entrust the RNHC with the building, managing, operation, and regulation of the Public Housing Plots.
(4) The Department of Construction and Transportation is entrusted with the procurement and subsequent transfer of the necessary lots to the RNHC within 60 days of this Act's enactment. Unless it is determined by the DCT that procurement within this timeframe isn't feasible, in which case it may itself grant an extension of up to 60 days.
5. Governance
(1) The Management of the RNHC
(a) The RNHC is to be governed by its Manager
(b) The Manager is to be appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Commerce upon consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Construction and Transportation
(c) The Management of the RNHC is to communicate all major regulatory changes to the Department of Commerce for approval.
(2) The Supervision of the RNHC
(a) The RNHC is to be created with a Supervisory Board whose duties are only the ones prescribed in this Act, and which shall be composed of up to 5 members.
(i) Ex-officio members: The Secretary of the Department of Commerce and the Secretary of the Department of Construction and Transportation are to be members of the Supervisory Board by virtue of their office.
(ii) Appointed members: The Secretary of the Department of Commerce may appoint up to 3 members to serve on the Supervisory Board, at the Discretion of the Secretary.
(b) The Supervisory Board is entrusted with the oversight of the expenses and operations of the RNHC and ensuring the following of its mission by the Management.
(3) Duties of the RNHC.
The RNHC has the following responsibilities to the public under this Act:
(a) Being the Primary Regulator for all Public Housing Plots, for which it is entrusted with the Regulations under Part III of this Act.
(b) Distributing any Profits back to the Commonwealth, under rules to be defined in the RNHC’s Formation Entity and/or by-laws.
(c) Alienation, sale, or transfer of the RNHC’s property may only be done with approval of the Commonwealth, approval that has to take the form of an Act of Congress
(4) Funding of the RNHC.
The RNHC may receive funding in the following ways:
(a) Grants from the Department of Commerce
(b) Appropriations specially designated for it by Congress
(c) Commercial operations through for-profit subsidiaries
(5) Special Considerations
This Act is to be considered lex specialis for the governance and establishment of the RNHC.
(a) Any disposition governing Legal Entities outside of this Act is overridden for the purposes of the management and governance of the RNHC.
(b) Legal Representation of the RNHC shall be entrusted to the Department of Justice.
(c) The RNHC may not be placed in receivership except for extreme financial circumstances, may not be declared insolvent, may not be divided, may not be merged or consolidated, and may not be dissolved without an Act of Congress.
(d) For other areas not governed by this Act, the RNHC shall be considered a Limited Liability Company, as long as it doesn’t interfere with or affect the objectives or mission of the RNHC.
(e) The Secretary of the Department of Commerce is entrusted with the filing of the RNHC’s Formation Instrument and maintaining it compliant with applicable Law.
PART III — Regulations
6. Basic Regulations
(1) No non-New Players may rent a New Player Unit. Once a player has passed 2 months since joining, their lease is to be revoked after proper notice.
(2) A New Player cannot use their New Player Unit for anything other than housing.
(3) A New Player cannot own more than one New Player Unit at a time.
(4) A New Player may not sell, assign, or otherwise transfer their tenancy to any other player.
(5) The New Player must hold the New Player Unit as their primary residence and cannot own other Residential plots whilst being the lessor of a New Player Unit.
(6) If a New Player has been inactive for 10 consecutive days, their lease may be revoked after proper notice.
7. Pricing Regulation
(1) The Regulator shall set a default price for all Units, which is to be the price of any lease on a unit unless otherwise specified. The Regulator may not set the price of a unit at more than 100 dollars per 30 days.
(2) The Regulator may set different rental prices on specific units.
(3) New Player Units of nominally the same size must be offered the same Rental prices
8. Transparency Regulations
(1) All Evictions or Lease Revocations must be done only after 24 hours' notice is given to the Lease Holder.
(2) The Regulator may alter regulations or add bylaws with 72-hour notice to all Players currently renting a New Player Unit.
(3) The Regulator must provide at least 5 days' notice when changing a New Player Unit’s Rental Price
9. Awareness Program
(1) The Department of Education is to operate an apartment Registry that would keep track of currently open or occupied rentable apartment spaces; this registry is to keep track of the following:
(a) The owner of said rentable space
(b) The price of the rental
(c) any additional rules or regulations attached to said rental
(2) Only Government-owned New Player Units are to be mandated to be listed in this registry; all privately owned rentals are to be added by explicit request of their owners.
(3) It is the duty of the Department of Education to keep the registry updated and up to date to the best of its ability.
PART IV — Amendments
10. Civil Code Act Amendments[/B]
(1) Part VII of the Civil Code Act is hereby amended to include the following offenses:
19. New Player Unit Fraud
Violation Type: Administrative
Remedy: 10 Civil Penalty Points; Eviction
A person commits an Offense if the person:
(a) Rents a New Player Unit while not being considered a New Player.
(b) Rents a New Player Unit while not being considered eligible for New Player Units for any other reason.
(c) Permits another player who is ineligible for New Player Housing to occupy their unit as their primary residence.
Relevant law: Public Housing Act
20. Renting more than one New Player Unit
Violation Type: Administrative
Remedy: 50 Civil Penalty Points per Unit exceeding maximum; Eviction from all Excess Units
A person commits an Offense if the person:
(a) Rents another New Player Unit while already holding tenancy in another unit
(b) Arranges for another player to rent a New Player Unit on their behalf for the purpose of maintaining control over multiple units
Relevant law: Public Housing Act
21. Misuse of a New Player Unit
Violation Type: Administrative
Remedy: 5 Civil Penalty Points and a warning; if given 3 warnings, eviction and permanent ineligibility for New Player Units
A person commits an Offense if the person:
(a) Establishes or operates a business, or Chestshop from within a New Player Unit
(b) Uses a New Player Unit primarily for the storage of goods, materials, or inventory intended for commercial sale.
(c) Uses a New Player Unit for Primarily Agricultural, Manufacturing or Brewing Purposes.
(d) Not using the New Player Unit as their Primary residence
(e) Owning a separate Residential plot while holding tenancy over a New Player Unit
(f) Or otherwise using a New Player Unit for anything other than Residential and Housing Purposes
Relevant law: Public Housing Act
22. Unlawful Transfer of a New Player Unit
Violation Type: Administrative
Remedy: 50 Civil Penalty Points; ineligibility for New Player Units
A person commits an Offense if the person:
(a) Sells or attempts to auction their tenancy or rental rights over a New Player Unit to another player
(b) Transfers or attempts to transfer their tenancy over a New Player Unit to another player
(c) Accepts payment or other compensation in exchange for granting another player occupancy or control of a New Player Unit
Relevant law: Public Housing Act
PART VI — Appropriations
11. Department of Construction and Transport Appropriations
(1) Part II, Section 4 of the Appropriations Act - OCT 2026 shall be amended to the following
4. Departments will be apportioned the following from the Government Balance:
(1) Department of State (DOS): $500,000;
(2) Department of Homeland Security (DHS): $850,000;
(3) Department of Justice (DOJ): $400,000;
(4) Department of Commerce (DOC): $1,500,000;$1,800,000;
(5) Department of Public Affairs (DPA): $450,000;
(6) Department of Construction and Transportation (DCT): $700,000;$1,200,000;
(7) Department of Health (DOH): $600,000;
(8) Department of Interior (DOI): $750,000;
(9) Department of Education (DOE): $500,000.
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