STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2264

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2468

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Housing and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2468 entitled:

 

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

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow counties to prohibit discrimination against renters based on their source of income.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center, and Hawaii Children's Action Network Speaks!.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Association of REALTORS.

 

     Your Committees find that the cost of housing in Hawaii is among the highest in the country.  Many in the State rely on housing assistance programs and vouchers to afford the basic necessity of housing.  This measure allows counties to combat discriminatory practices that prevent those who rely on housing assistance programs from finding appropriate housing.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2468 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Government Operations,

 

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair

 

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair