STAND. COM. REP. NO. 749

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1570

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1570 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide opportunities for native Hawaiians to obtain affordable rental housing by requiring the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH), Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), and other interested parties to discuss possible ways to eliminate barriers to allow manufactured housing on Hawaiian home lands to provide affordable rental housing units to Hawaiians.

A concerned individual supported the intent of this measure. HCDCH and DHHL provided comments.

Your Committee received testimony that manufactured homes do not always cost significantly less than other traditional homes. However, your Committee recognizes that action needs to be taken to provide affordable rental housing to the Hawaiian community.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Requiring HCDCH, DHHL, and other interested parties to discuss the elimination of barriers against beneficiaries of Hawaiian home lands to build and rent affordable rental units to other native Hawaiians;

(2) Removing references to manufactured housing; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

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 H.B. No. 1570, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1570, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair