STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1106

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 81

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 81 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO REVIEW THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY DWELLINGS IN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, TO ALLEVIATE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to:

     (1)  Review the feasibility of developing single room occupancy dwellings in transit oriented development projects; and

     (2)  Report findings and recommendations to the 2010 Legislature, including the impact on transit oriented development projects, costs, target beneficiaries, short-term and long-term effects, and sustainability.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that single room occupancy dwellings offer an affordable housing alternative for low-income individuals, students, single tenants, seasonal or other traveling workers, or others who do not require large dwellings or private domestic appliances.  Your Committees further find that the information to be gathered as a result of this measure will assist the Legislature in determining how single room occupancy dwellings may fit among the many other proposed alternatives.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 81 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair