STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1822-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.C.R. No. 84

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 84, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY'S APPLICATION FOR A CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT AND URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO SELECT THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY AS A CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT RECIPIENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Express support for Hawaii Public Housing Authority's application for a Choice Neighborhoods Grant; and

(2)  Urge the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to select Hawaii Public Housing Authority as a Choice Neighborhoods Grant recipient.

     The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Choice Neighborhoods Grant Program transforms distressed neighborhoods and public and assisted projects into viable and sustainable mixed-income neighborhoods, with a strong emphasis on local community planning for access to high-quality educational opportunities.

Hawaii Public Housing Authority testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 84, S.D. 1, and recommends that it 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