STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2836

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3113

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water and Land and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 3113 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Direct the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to convey a specified 15.418-acre parcel in Honokaa, Hawaii county, to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation;

(2) Require the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation conduct a feasibility study to determine whether the parcel is suitable for residential development; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the feasibility study.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Office of Housing and Community Development, and one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority; and County of Hawaii, Office of the Mayor.

Your Committees find that there is a dire need for affordable rental housing in the county of Hawaii. In particular, the east side of the county lacks sufficient affordable housing relative to demand. A 15.418-acre parcel in Honokaa, county of Hawaii, identified as TMK No. (3) 4-5-010:122, may be suitable to address the county's need for affordable rental housing. This measure transfers the parcel to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to be used for affordable housing.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Incorporating changes proposed by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation by clarifying that the parcel shall not be conveyed by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority rather that the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation shall take title to the parcel and be responsible for properly documenting any change in title;

(2) Inserting an effective date of December 31, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water and Land and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3113, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3113, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water and Land and Housing,

________________________________ STANLEY CHANG, Chair

________________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE, Chair