STAND. COM. REP. NO. 181

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 999

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 999 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 modernization of two hundred and eight dwelling units at Hale Poai, a public elderly housing property located within the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Your Committee finds that Hale Poai is a state elderly public housing property that has a date of initial occupancy of June 1, 1989, and is currently undergoing a five-year, major modernization project. The modernization project includes site work, community space, plumbing systems, complete unit work, and converting four studios to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. According to testimony received by your Committee, the appropriation will be used for construction management services to ensure that all construction work for this modernization project is performed expeditiously and within the five-year modernization timeline.

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. 999 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