STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2855

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 93

       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 Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 93 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 review the feasibility of developing single room occupancy dwellings in transit oriented development projects to alleviate the affordable housing shortage.

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

     Hawaii residents face increasingly serious problems of traffic congestion, a lack of affordable housing, and homelessness.  Your Committees find that the exploration of innovative ideas, such as the development of single room occupancy (SRO) dwellings in transit oriented development projects, may provide one feasible solution to these problems.  Implementation of this measure is a necessary first step in exploring the development of SRO dwellings.

     Your Committees have learned that the City and County of Honolulu is actively engaging in neighborhood transit-oriented development efforts.  Therefore, your Committees find that the City and County of Honolulu would be a more appropriate agency to perform the feasibility study requested by this measure.

     Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting information on the City and County of Honolulu's ongoing transit oriented development efforts;

     (2)  Replacing the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation with the City and County of Honolulu as the agency requested to perform the review requested by this measure;

     (3)  Amending the title to reflect the amended purpose of this measure; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 93, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 93, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair