Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2453 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate redundancy and duplication in rental housing trust fund awards by abolishing the Rental Housing Trust Fund Advisory Commission (Advisory Commission).

The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) and Catholic Charities of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee notes that the Advisory Commission was a result of the consolidation of the Hawaii Housing Authority, the Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and the Rental Housing Trust Fund Commission, and is no longer necessary because it duplicates functions already performed by HCDCH.

Your Committee recognizes that HCDCH works closely with social service providers to ensure that services are being provided to those who need them, and that these providers should be assured of their ability to provide input to the HCDCH Board of Directors.

Accordingly, 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. 2453, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2453,

H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.