STAND. COM. REP. NO. 24
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 477
S.D. 1
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 477 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to improve the quality of existing public housing stock in the State.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawaii Primary Care Association.
Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is the sole statewide public housing agency of the State. The Hawaii Public Housing Authority's portfolio of 85 properties comprises 6,195 units that serve over 6,100 families or more than 18,500 individuals. The Hawaii Public Housing Authority's aging housing stock continues to have an extensive capital need that is underfunded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Additional funding is needed to modernize units to correct life, health, and safety issues and invest in accessibility and accommodation improvements.
Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying that the appropriated funds shall be used for the plans, design, construction, and equipment to develop, upgrade, or renovate public housing facilities in the State.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 477, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 477, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Housing,
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
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