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. 688 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the statutes relating to the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) especially as it pertains to the definition of the term "housing project".

In 1997, the merging of the Hawaii Housing Authority and the Housing Finance Development Corporation under chapter 201G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, resulted in confusion over the use of the term "housing project". In some instances, it referred to state and federal public housing projects while in other cases, it broadly referred to affordable housing projects or to other rental projects that were not part of the public housing system. Accordingly, this bill corrects these discrepancies, and it also eliminates inconsistencies in the sale of housing units, including public housing units.

HCDCH testified in support of this bill. Partners in Care and an individual 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. 688 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.