STAND. COM. REP. NO.615

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 550

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 550 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to spur the development of housing in the State by:

(1) Authorizing the Housing and Community Development

Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) in coordination with the

respective counties to establish affordable housing

requirements for undeveloped parcels in the Villages

of Kapolei, Oahu; Villages of Leialii, Maui; and

Villages of Laiopua, Hawaii; and

(2) Waiving the affordable housing ratio imposed by Act

15, Session laws of Hawaii 1988, for the undeveloped

parcels.

The Special Assistant to the Governor for Housing and HCDCH submitted testimony in support of the bill.

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. 550 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