Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1217 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to encourage the development of affordable housing in Hawaii by limiting the expedited land use approval process to residential housing projects in which all units are for individuals or families whose incomes are at or below 140 percent of the area median income, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii opposed this measure. The Department of Community Services of the City & County of Honolulu offered comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1217 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.