REPORT TITLE:
Appropriation; Hale Kokua


DESCRIPTION:
Provides funds for the Hale Kokua program.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HALE KOKUA PROGRAM.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the issue of
 
 2 homelessness should be regarded as one of the State's most
 
 3 significant social problems.  The severity of the problem is
 
 4 visible in every area of the State, and evidence that the problem
 
 5 is escalating is becoming more and more apparent.  The problem of
 
 6 homelessness impacts everyone, and the burden of rectifying this
 
 7 problem should be approached comprehensively and as a collective
 
 8 responsibility.
 
 9      One approach to assisting the homeless is through the Hale
 
10 Kokua program.  The program authorizes the payment of a state
 
11 grant and a monthly rent supplement to interested property owners
 
12 who provide rental space to employed homeless families or
 
13 individuals.  Although codified in statutory law, the program is
 
14 currently unfunded.  The purpose of this Act is to fund the Hale
 
15 Kokua program.
 
16      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
17 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1 or so much thereof
 
18 as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000 and $1 or so much
 
19 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 to fund the
 

 
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 1 Hale Kokua program that was reestablished under Act 167, Session
 
 2 Laws of Hawaii 1998, and is currently unfunded.
 
 3      SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 4 housing and community development corporation of Hawaii for the
 
 5 purposes of this Act.
 
 6      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.