STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1572

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 912

      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 Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 912, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

(1)  Appropriate unspecified amounts of funds for:

(A)  The Housing Placement Program within the Homeless Programs Office of the Department of Human Services (DHS); and

(B)  Improving existing affordable rental housing stock and increasing affordable rental housing units in the State whose housing falls under the Hawaii Community Development Authority, the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA), the City and County of Honolulu, the County of Hawaii, the County of Kauai, and the County of Maui;

(2)  Require DHS to identify properties statewide, to include a feasibility and cost analysis, for the development of affordable rental housing for low-income individuals and families under the Housing First Programs; and

(3)  Require DHS to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature no later than December 1, 2011.

     Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Catholic Conference, Partners In Care, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, and HHFDC testified in support of this bill.  HPHA testified in opposition to this measure.  DHS and the Hawai‘i Association of REALTORS® submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 912, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair