STAND. COM. REP. NO. 369-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2368
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2368 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to address the housing needs of
existing public housing residents of units that are being
renovated, demolished, or disposed of.

     The Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., the
Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance, and the American
Friends Service Committee testified in support of this bill.  The
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Housing
and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDC) testified
in opposition to this bill and recommended language regarding the
"one for one" replacement of public housing.

     Your Committee has adopted the recommendation made by HCDC.
The recommendation requires one for one replacement "to the
extent possible" thereby alleviating this requirement when HCDC
does not have sufficient financial resources to do so. 

     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 H.B. No. 2368, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2368, H.D.
1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair