STAND. COM. REP. NO.  478

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 389

      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. 389 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the quality of existing public and affordable housing stock and increase the supply of affordable and public housing units in the State by:

(1)  Authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriating funds to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL); and

(2)  Requiring HHFDC and DHHL to each submit reports to the Legislature prior to the 2018 and 2019 Regular Sessions on the set-aside plan for the upkeep and maintenance of the housing facilities to be constructed pursuant to this measure.

HHFDC and DHHL testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2)  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. 389, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 389, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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TOM BROWER, Chair