STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3734

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 231

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 Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 231 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE COUNTIES TO PRODUCE LAND USE PLANS THAT ACCOUNT FOR HOUSING PRODUCTION AND DEMAND,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the counties to produce land use plans that account for housing production and demand.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.

Your Committees find that the State is currently in a housing crisis that will require an additional fifty—seven thousand affordable housing units by 2025 in order to meet long—term housing demands, particularly on Oahu. Your Committees further find, however, that despite this projected acute housing shortage, there has been a lack of measurable progress at the county level to enact policies that will stimulate housing production to meet projected demand. Accordingly, this measure promotes the development of affordable housing across the State by urging the counties to assess current housing needs and supply, and to take action to remove barriers to housing development.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Requesting the counties to also identify and remove barriers to housing development in their respective jurisdictions; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Government Operations and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 231, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 231, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Government Operations and Housing,

________________________________ STANLEY CHANG, Chair

________________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair