STAND. COM. REP. NO.  32-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2097

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2097 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to coordinate planning with the Office of Planning and develop projects with the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for any public housing project located on property within one-half mile of a transit station.

The Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness; Office of Planning; and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Cooperation provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Public Housing Authority provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2097, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2097, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Housing.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair