STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2795

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2581

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Ways and Means and Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2581 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to prioritize for the provision of affordable housing the use of lands previously used by the federal government.

Specifically, this measure establishes, as a priority guideline for the provision of affordable housing, that state lands that are leased by or under the control of the federal government and that are to be returned to the State, including lands formerly used for military facilities, be prioritized for the provision of affordable housing.

Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Partners in Care, and one individual.

Your Committees find that the scarcity of available land has been a major challenge in addressing the State's critical shortage of affordable housing. Your Committees further find that the use of lands that were formerly leased to or used by the federal government will help to alleviate this shortage of available land for affordable housing.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2581, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2581, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Water and Land,

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair