STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2576
                                     S.D. 2
                                     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 S.B. No. 2576, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE OWNED PUBLIC HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a state Resident
Advisory Board (RAB) to:

     (1)  Ensure that public housing residents are able to
          provide input on housing policies and procedures that
          affect them; and

     (2)  Comply with new federal housing law that requires that
          public housing tenants be represented on a public
          housing agency board.

     This measure also allows RAB to select representatives from
its members to represent its interest on the board of the Housing
and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii.    

     Testimony in support of this bill was submitted by the
Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance, Catholic Charities, the
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, and numerous concerned individuals.
The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii
(HCDCH), the Governor's Office, and a concerned individual
submitted comments.

 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by replacing its
contents with the substantive provisions of H.B. No. 2431 H.D. 1,
a similar bill that was reported out earlier this session by your
Committee.

     As amended, this bill:

     (1)  Establishes a resident advisory board to advise HCDCH
          on public housing issues;

     (2)  Allows a person residing in federal low-rent public
          housing or tenant-based section 8 housing assisted by
          the HCDCH to serve on the HCDCH Board; and

     (3)  Allows a person residing in state low-rent public
          housing assisted by HCDCH to serve on the HCDCH Board.

     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. 2576, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
2576, 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,



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair