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. 540 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to include a resident who is assisted by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) as part of the HCDCH Board of Directors as required by federal law.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by HCDCH and the Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance.

Your Committee understands that this measure would bring HCDCH into compliance with federal law, which requires each public housing agency to have on its governing board at least one member who is directly assisted under the federal public housing or Section 8 tenant-based program.

This bill has been amended to reflect that at least one resident shall be on the HCDCH Board of Directors rather than limiting the provision to one person.

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. 540, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 540, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.