CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 99-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

RE:    S.B. No. 2473

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2473, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to assist grandparents raising their grandchildren by:

     (1)  Allowing grandchildren of elderly housing project residents to temporarily reside with the elderly resident during certain family crisis situations; and

     (2)  Granting elderly residents evicted from elderly housing because they allowed grandchildren to live with them during a family crisis, first priority back into elderly housing after the crisis situation has been abated.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that there is a large population of grandparents raising their grandchildren in Hawaii and they are faced with unique problems.  Many of these grandparents living in elderly housing are faced with difficult decision when their own children are in a crisis situation and their grandchildren are left without parents and without alternatives.  Your Committee finds that it is important for these children to have as much support as possible during these very difficult times, and that allowing them to live with their grandparents not only saves the State money, but also allows for a more stable and comfortable living environment for the children.  Your Committee further finds that elders who have been evicted from elderly housing as a result of a family crisis should be given first priority to move back into elderly housing in their own geographical area should the crisis abate and that federal family housing could be used as an alternative to state family housing.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by:

     (1)  Amending the measure's effective date to July 1, 2010;

     (2)  Clarifying that this measure does not diminish the original intent to retain elderly housing projects; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive stylistic changes for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2473, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2473, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ RIDA CABANILLA, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair
____________________________ ROLAND D. SAGUM III, Co-Chair	____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair