STAND. COM. REP. NO. 311

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 916

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. 916 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize the Hawaii Community Development Authority to rent reserved housing only to renters qualifying for reserved housing and to rent workforce housing only to renters qualifying for workforce housing;

     (2)  Require the Hawaii Community Development Authority to establish rules to require reserved and workforce rental housing in developments; and

     (3)  Amend the definition of "reserved housing" in section 206E-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and create definitions for "low income", "moderate income", and "workforce housing".

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the FREE ACCESS COALITION and ten individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Executive Director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

     Your Committee finds that the affordable housing crisis in Hawaii calls for the development of various types of rental housing for a range of income brackets.  Your Committee further finds that multi-generational households are common in this State, and that there is a need for mixed use rental housing developments that limit sprawl and reduce transportation-related energy costs.

     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. 916 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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