STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1013

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 897

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Housing and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 897, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to formulate and coordinate a unified plan to address homelessness in all counties and facilitate the acquisition of federal funding for homeless programs by establishing the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness.

     The Hawaii Association of REALTORS® and an interested individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Helping Hands Hawaii, Partners in Care, and the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii submitted comments on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Adding at least one representative from each of the following agencies and organizations to serve on the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness:  Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Leeward Housing Coalition; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 897, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 897, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

____________________________ RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair