STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1417

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 3

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 3 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE COUNTIES TO PRODUCE LAND USE PLANS THAT ACCOUNT FOR HOUSING PRODUCTION AND DEMAND,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the counties to produce land use plans that account for housing production.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Building Industry Association Hawaii and one individual.

Your Committees find that the State is suffering from a housing crisis. There is a dearth of housing units available across all price points, but the lack of housing units is especially dire in the affordable housing segment. A study by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism found that the State will need an additional fifty-seven thousand housing units by 2025 and there are currently no concrete plans by the State or the counties on how to provide these additional housing units. This measure urges the counties to produce land use plans that account for housing production to combat the ongoing housing crisis.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 3 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

________________________________ STANLEY CHANG, Chair