STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2210

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2901

S.D. 1

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. 2901 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to conduct a study of county ordinances on housing finance and development; and

(2) Make an appropriation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that county ordinances play a central role in the State's affordable housing development. In many instances, county ordinances can pose a significant barrier to the feasibility and affordability of housing units developed in the State. This measure directs the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to conduct a study of each county's housing finance and development ordinances to determine their effect on affordable housing development under the Corporation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $250,000; and

(2) Extending the due date for the submission of the report to the Legislature to 2024.

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. 2901, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2901, S.D. 1, 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