STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1124-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2581

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2581, S.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 prioritize the use of lands previously used by the federal government for the provision of affordable housing.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that the scarcity of available land has been a major challenge in addressing the State's critical shortage of affordable housing. This measure will help alleviate this shortage of available land and facilitate the development of more affordable housing by utilizing lands that were formerly leased to or used by the federal government.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2581, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2581, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.

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

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NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair