STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3060

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2504

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a special fund to provide rent reimbursement incentives and property damage reimbursement for land owners participating in a Hawaii Public Housing Authority rental housing voucher program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Partners In Care, Family Promise of Hawaii, and Catholic Charities Hawaii.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the reimbursement incentives and protections against excessive property damage provided by this measure will help to increase the inventory of affordable housing in the State by encouraging more landlords to participate in rental housing voucher programs.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair