STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1070-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2565

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2565 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal the authority of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to sell rental units in public housing projects, state low-income housing projects, and elderly housing projects to tenants by repealing the State Sales Housing Program of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority supported 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2565 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair