Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 409 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to repeal the Hale Kokua Homeless Assistance Program (Hale Kokua).

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that Hale Kokua was established to provide incentives and assistance to help the homeless; however, funding has not been made to administer the program.

Recognizing that limited state resources should be used to sustain existing homeless assistance programs, your Committee has amended this bill by:

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. 409, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 409, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.