STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1357-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.C.R. No. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Housing and Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 2 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS, HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE, MULTI-GENERATIONAL, MIXED INCOME, AND MIXED USE HOUSING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure, as received by your Committee, is to encourage the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and Hawaii Community Development Authority to build sustainable, multi-generational, mixed income, and mixed use housing.

     For the purposes of a public hearing on this measure, your Committees circulated Proposed S.C.R. No. 2, H.D.1 (proposed draft) and notified the public that they would be accepting testimony on the proposal, which:

(1)  Encourages the Governor to issue an emergency proclamation declaring a statewide housing crisis; and

(2)  Encourages the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and Hawaii Community Development Authority to build sustainable, multi-generational, mixed income, and mixed use housing.

Catholic Charities Hawaii, Community Alliance for Mental Health, United Self Help, and PHOCUSED supported the proposed draft.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Hawaii Community Development Authority, and Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii supported the intent of the proposed draft.

     Your Committees understand the concerns raised during testimony on the proposed draft in regards to the issuance of emergency proclamations being entirely at the Governor's discretion, but find that the issues raised by this measure are of an important and critical nature and should move forward for further discussion.  Your Committees considered the merits of both S.C.R. No. 2, as received by your Committees, and the proposed draft, and upon careful consideration, adopted the proposed draft, with the following amendment:

(1)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style, including amending its title to read: "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE GOVERNOR TO ISSUE AN EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION DECLARING A STATEWIDE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS, HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE, MULTIGENERATIONAL, MIXED INCOME, AND MIXED USE HOUSING."

     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 concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 2, H.D. 1.

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

____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair

____________________________ MARK J. HASHEM, Chair