STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2332

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2588

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. 2588 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation of housing units.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that many families in the State rely on access to quality public housing units. However, due to the age of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's inventory, many of these units require maintenance and other repairs to be suitable for the needs of those families, including modernizing and upgrading the units to meet health, safety, and federally mandated standards. This measure supports public housing programs in the State by appropriating funds for the rehabilitation of housing units.

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. 2588 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair