STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2476

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2581

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2581 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to seek to use lands within the State that are leased to the federal government or under federal government control that are returned to the State, including lands that have been used to house former military facilities, for affordable housing.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and Partners in Care.

Your Committee finds that Hawaii has a severe shortage of affordable housing. Among the many causes of the State's lack of affordable housing is the absence of available land. Using lands that are leased or have been leased to the federal government for affordable housing would be beneficial to the State's affordable housing efforts. This measure would prioritize efforts to find suitable lands leased to the federal government and use those lands for affordable housing.

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 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committees on Ways and Means and Water and Land.

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

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair