STAND. COM. REP. NO. 610-00

                                 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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2368, H.D. 1, 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
public housing residents when their units are demolished,
disposed of, or renovated.

     This bill authorizes the Executive Director of the Housing
and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) to:

     (1)  Provide for a one-for-one replacement of public housing
          units that are demolished, disposed of, or renovated;

     (2)  Adjust the operating subsidies that HCDCH receives,
          except the Director must provide assistance for any
          replacement housing that becomes available within an
          unspecified number of years of the demolition,
          disposition, or renovation; and

     (3)  Adjust the amount that HCDCH receives to modernize,
          improve, or rehabilitate property, except the Director
          shall not make adjustments within an unspecified number
          of years after demolition, disposition, or renovation.


 
 
 
 
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     Two individuals testified in support of this bill.  In
opposing certain provisions of this measure, the HCDCH testified
that funding constraints prohibit it from providing replacement
housing on a one-for-one basis.  HCDCH's relocation plan ensures
that all public housing residents occupying a project scheduled
for renovation or demolition are accommodated with alternative
housing assistance.  According to HCDCH, such a policy need not
be placed in the statutes.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2368, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair