STAND. COM. REP. NO.  40-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 1529

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1529 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist veterans in obtaining housing by prohibiting discrimination in the rental of real estate, including advertisements for available rental units, for veterans using a housing assistance voucher issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Veterans Affairs supportive housing program.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Veterans Services and Hawaii Civil Rights Commission testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to June 15, 2215, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1529, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1529, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Housing.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair