STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1014

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 903

      S.D. 1

      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 Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 903, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to preserve United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and United States Department of Agriculture housing projects in Hawaii as affordable rental housing projects in perpetuity by establishing the Affordable Rental Housing Development Program under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC).

     Catholic Charities Hawaii and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  HHFDC testified in opposition to this measure.  Partners in Care and the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Specifying that affordable units under the Affordable Rental Housing Development Program shall be held to the same maintenance requirements as those of different target income groups or mixed use development, and shall not be subject to deferred maintenance; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 903, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 903, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,

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RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair