STAND. COM. REP. NO.  664

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1372

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1372 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish an affordable housing goal of sixty-five thousand units by 2025.

A concerned individual supported this measure.  Hawaii Construction Alliance offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Establishing a goal of 57,000 affordable housing units by 2025;

     (2)  Repealing the measure on December 31, 2025; and

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

     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 H.B. No. 1372, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1372, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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TOM BROWER, Chair