STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1145

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1070
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1070, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
     DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the availability of
housing to low-income families and individuals in Hawaii by:

     (1)  Amending and expanding the definition of "housing
          owner" to include "very low" income households as a
          group of persons to be served; 

     (2)  Amending the definition of "qualified tenant" to
          conform to fair housing requirements by excluding those
          over 62 and unable to work and specifically including
          any single person;

     (3)  Clarifying the definition of "qualified resident"; and

     (4)  Lowering the income limits and expanding the priority
          eligibility for participation in the state Rent
          Supplement Program.

     The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii
(Corporation) testified in support of this measure.


 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Authorizing the Corporation, instead of the United
          States Department of Housing and Urban Development, to
          determine the eligibility of "qualified tenants"; and

     (2)  Making technical and nonsubstantive amendments for
          style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1070, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
1070, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



                                   ______________________________
                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair