STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 682
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 525
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 525, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose
of this measure is
to authorize the Department of Education to construct teacher housing for
teachers on public school campuses; provided that any housing units constructed
or acquired after June 30, 2021, be rented at an affordable cost to new
teachers or teachers teaching in a rural or hard-to-staff location, with
priority given to teachers employed full-time at the school where the housing
unit is located.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawai‘i Association of REALTORS, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 525, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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