STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2905

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 206

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Education and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 206 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WAIANAE COAST HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE, SHORT-, AND LONG-TERM NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS AND THOSE AT-RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the establishment of a Waianae Coast Homelessness Task Force to address the short and long-term needs of the homeless population on the Waianae Coast.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the University of Hawai‘i System, Waianae Community Outreach, the Leeward Housing Coalition and one individual.  Comments were submitted by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that despite ongoing efforts to curb the problem of homelessness on the Waianae Coast, the problem remains pervasive.  A number of steps have been taken to address the issues that inevitably accompany homelessness, and your Committees find that those efforts should continue to decrease the numbers of homeless persons, ensure services are available to assist the homeless, and break the cycle of homelessness.  Your Committees further find that the concerns lodged by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation are appropriate.

     Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure to remove the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation from the Task Force.  Your Committees have also made technical, nonsubstantive stylistic changes for purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Education and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 206, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 206, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Education and Housing,

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair