STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3154

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2566

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing and Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2566, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the number of affordable housing units in Honolulu's urban core, specifically the Kakaako development area. The measure has an effective date of July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) and three individuals. The Department of Budget and Finance did not support the measure.

Your Committees find that this measure will provide developers with an incentive to build or rehabilitate affordable housing on lands controlled by HCDA, adding another tool to assist HCDA with its mandate to develop Kakaako and assure that much-needed affordable housing is made available for the residents of Oahu. At the same time, the measure restricts the use of any funds for residential development in the Kakaako Makai area in the event that plans for that area are rescinded and future state policy is reconsidered.

Your Committees have amended the measure to:

(1) Correct the reference to Kakaako Makai area;

(2) Provide that HCDA may adopt additional criteria for project assistance by rule;

(3) Replace the sum appropriated with a blank amount; and

(4) Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing and Water, Land, and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2566, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2566, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing and Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair

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RON MENOR, Chair