STAND. COM. REP. NO.  660

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1076

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1076 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to gather information on the supply of and demand for affordable housing in Hawaii to better understand the affordable housing crisis by establishing the Affordable Housing Inventory Protection Board.

     The Ad Hoc Committee on Affordable Housing testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and Department of Community Services of the City and County of Honolulu testified in opposition to this measure.

     Maintaining current information on housing supply and demand in Hawaii is important, especially since the State is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis.  Preserving the existing supply of affordable housing while determining other potential sources of such housing, is an important first step in dealing with this crisis.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1076 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair