STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1982-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2372

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2372, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, with the assistance of the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, to:

(A) Determine whether any of the lands identified in the Affordable Rental Housing Report and Ten-Year Plan are suitable for the development of temporary housing for the Ohana Zones Pilot Program or other forms of affordable housing; and

(B) Provide recommendations on the actions required to develop the lands into temporary housing for the Ohana Zones Pilot Program or other forms of affordable housing;

(2) Require the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2023;

(3) Require the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a five-year Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program; and

(4) Appropriate funds.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Partners In Care, Hawaii Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of Budget and Finance, and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriations to unspecified amounts.

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 S.B. No. 2372, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2372, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair