STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1717-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.C.R. No. 293

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 293 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF THE STATE DEVELOPING AND OPERATING MANUFACTURED-HOUSING PARKS TO HELP ALLEVIATE HAWAII'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), in consultation with the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, each branch of the United States Armed Forces in Hawaii, and the Planning Director of each county, to study the feasibility and usefulness of manufactured-housing parks as one possible element in the Legislature's efforts to solve the State's affordable housing crisis.

DLNR offered comments.

Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Changing its title to read: "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF THE STATE DEVELOPING AND OPERATING MANUFACTURED-HOUSING PARKS TO HELP ALLEVIATE HAWAII'S HOMELESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS";

(2) Clarifying that manufactured-housing parks may also be a possible option for solving Hawaii's homeless crisis, in addition to Hawaii's affordable housing problem; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 293, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 293, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair		____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair