HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	81
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

requesting the auditor to conduct a financial AND management audit of the Mayor Wright Homes tenants' association.

     WHEREAS, Mayor Wright Homes (often referred to as "Mayor Wright Housing") was the first post-World War II project by the Hawaii Housing Authority, and was dedicated in 1953 and later named after the late Mayor of Honolulu, George F. Wright, in 1958; and

     WHEREAS, facilities in Mayor Wright Homes have continuously suffered from maintenance problems, property damage, broken windows, sewage problems, trash problems, and other physical upkeep problems; and

     WHEREAS, Mayor Wright Homes has also had a turbulent history of hope and despair marked by social problems, crime, outsider intervention, internal strength, shootings, and other violence; and

     WHEREAS, the Mayor Wright Homes Tenants' Association was formed to improve relations between residents and public housing management; and

     WHEREAS, the members of Mayor Wright Homes Tenants' Association are elected from and by the residents; and

     WHEREAS, the Mayor Wright Homes Tenants' Association has a treasury of funds but no audit trail; and

     WHEREAS, the Mayor Wright Homes Tenants' Association election for the 2006-2009 term generated significant protests from residents due to alleged irregular procedures and improper uses of election funds; and

     WHEREAS, residents of Mayor Wright Homes have observed that Citizen Patrol timesheets do not match residents' observations of the times that patrollers spend walking their beats; and

     WHEREAS, residents of Mayor Wright Homes have videotaped so many pet leash and cleanup violations that the Pet Committee has dissolved itself; and

     WHEREAS, recent Hawaii Public Housing Authority Annual Plans do not address the viability and appropriateness of tenant association operations or finances; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2007, that the Auditor is requested to conduct a financial and management audit of the Mayor Wright Homes Tenants' Association; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to report any findings and recommendations to the Legislature twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2008; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor, the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and the Executive Director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Conducting a Financial, Management, and Effectiveness Audit of the Mayor Wright Homes Tenants' Association