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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1362 |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE REVOLVING FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 201H-121, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§201H-121[]]
Purpose; findings and determinations. The legislature finds and declares
that the health and general welfare of the people of this State require that
the people of this State have safe and sanitary rental housing accommodations
available at affordable rents; that a grave shortage in the number of such
accommodations affordable by families and individuals of low- and
moderate-income in the State exists; and that it is essential that owners of
rental housing accommodations be provided with appropriate additional means to
assist in reducing the cost of rental housing accommodations to the people of
this State.
[The legislature further finds that the high
cost of infrastructure development and the obtaining of interim construction
financing are two of the greatest impediments to the production of affordable
rental housing in this State. It is especially difficult for private nonprofit
and for-profit entities to participate in the development of affordable housing
due to the difficulty in amassing the capital necessary to plan and carry out a
project to completion.]
It is the purpose of this subpart to[:
(1) Assist] assist owners in
maintaining rentals at levels affordable to low- and moderate-income families
and individuals by providing owners with rental assistance payments which,
together with rental payments received from low- and moderate-income tenants,
will provide owners with limited but acceptable rates of return on their investments
in rental housing accommodations. Assisting owners by entering into contracts
with them to provide for rental assistance payments is a valid public purpose
and in the public interest[; and
(2) Provide a funding source for interim
construction financing for the development of affordable rental housing by
private nonprofit and for-profit entities, as well as the corporation; provided
that in allotting this financing, the corporation shall give preference to
qualified sponsors who are private nonprofit and for-profit entities]."
SECTION 2. Section 201H-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The corporation may use, as needed,
the aggregate principal sum and the accumulated earnings in the rental
assistance revolving fund to make payments under rental assistance contracts or
to subsidize tenants' rents in eligible projects developed under this part[;
provided that the corporation shall use up to $25,000,000 plus any bond
proceeds to provide interim construction financing to:
(1) Qualified sponsors who are private nonprofit
or for-profit entities; or
(2) The corporation, for the development of
affordable rental housing;
provided further that the corporation, in
allotting interim construction financing moneys pursuant to this subpart, shall
give preference to rental housing projects developed by qualified sponsors who
are private nonprofit or for-profit entities]."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Rental Assistance Revolving Fund; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation
Description:
Removes provisions in sections 201H-121 and 201H-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, authorizing use of the rental assistance revolving fund for interim construction financing to develop affordable rental housing. (SD1)
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