REPORT TITLE:
Replacement housing


DESCRIPTION:
Authorizes the Housing and Community Development Corporation of
Hawaii (Corporation) to:
  (1)  Provide for a one-for-one replacement housing
      requirement for units being demolished, disposed of, or
      renovated;
  (2)  Retain its operating subsidies eligibility if the moneys
      are used for replacement housing within an unspecified
      timeframe; and
  (3)  Not adjust the amount the Corporation receives to
      modernize, improve, or rehabilitate a property if the
      moneys are used within an unspecified timeframe to
      replace housing or physical improvements to preserve
      viable public housing.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO HOUSING.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 201G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new subpart to part II to read as follows:
 
 3                    " .  REPLACEMENT HOUSING
 
 4      §201G-    One-for-one replacement housing.  Where an
 
 5 existing unit under a contract is demolished, disposed of, or
 
 6 renovated, the executive director may provide for an additional
 
 7 unit of public housing for each unit demolished, disposed of, or
 
 8 renovated.  Replacement units may be provided prior to
 
 9 demolishing, disposing of, or renovating obsolete units.
 
10      §201G-   Operating funds.  Where an existing unit under a
 
11 contract is demolished, disposed of, or renovated, the executive
 
12 director may adjust the operating subsidies the corporation
 
13 receives pursuant to part III; provided that the executive
 
14 director shall provide assistance under this section for any
 
15 replacement housing that:
 
16      (1)  Is available for occupancy within        years of the
 
17           demolition, disposition, or renovation;
 
18      (2)  Is public housing developed under or assistance under
 
19           this chapter;
 

 
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 1      (3)  Is operated as a public housing project as defined in
 
 2           section 201G-51; or
 
 3      (4)  Meets other requirements of the executive director.
 
 4      §201G-   Modernization funds.  Where an existing unit under
 
 5 a contract is demolished, disposed of, or renovated, the
 
 6 executive director may adjust the amount the corporation receives
 
 7 pursuant to part III to modernize, improve, or rehabilitate
 
 8 property; provided that for a       year period after demolition,
 
 9 disposition, or renovation under this section, the executive
 
10 director shall:
 
11      (1)  Provide for no adjustments, or a partial adjustment, of
 
12           the amount the corporation receives for modernization,
 
13           improvements, or rehabilitation; and
 
14      (2)  Use any additional amounts received as a result of this
 
15           section for replacement housing or physical
 
16           improvements necessary to preserve viable public
 
17           housing."
 
18      SECTION 2.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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20                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________