STAND. COM. REP. NO.  177

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1000

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Housing and Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1000 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development strategic plan to include a requirement that every development or redevelopment plan for any state property located within one mile of the Honolulu rail transit system include housing units with at least 20 percent reserved for residents with incomes less than or equal to 80 percent of the area median income, unless the housing is deemed not feasible or desirable on the property.

The Office of Planning, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and two individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services and Hawaii Habitat for Humanity Association and its Honolulu and Leeward Oahu Habitat affiliates commented on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1)  Applying the affordable housing requirements of this measure to any state property located within one-half mile, rather than one mile, of the Honolulu rail transit system;

(2)  Changing its effective date to take effect upon a date to be determined, to facilitate further discussion on this measure; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.  

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1000, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1000, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Transportation,

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair

____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair