STAND. COM. REP. NO.  429

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 828

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 828 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require state, county, and federal low-income housing projects to remain affordable in perpetuity.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance submitted testimony in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Public Housing Authority opposed this measure.

     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. 828 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 Housing,

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RIDA CABANILLA, Chair