Report Title:

Kalaeloa Community Development District; Affordable Housing

 

Description:

Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority, in cooperation with the City and County of Honolulu, to develop a plan for an affordable housing community within the Kalaeloa Community Development District.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

105

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

relating to affordable housing.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in part VII of chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Hawaii community development authority, in cooperation with the city and county of Honolulu, shall develop a plan for an affordable housing community within the Kalaeloa community development district established under section 206E-193, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  The development plan shall include:

     (1)  A public-private partnership for a master-planned community with a mixed-use design incorporating compatible industrial, commercial, residential, and public uses that may coexist within the same area;

     (2)  A connection to the Oahu mass transit project provided for under Act 247, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, that is convenient for riders;

     (3)  Ample parks and open space maintaining a rural character and lifestyle; and

     (4)  Residential dwellings for owner-occupants and sold at prices that are affordable to the general workforce, including residents of low or moderate income.

     The development plan shall be designed as a prototype for other planned public-private partnerships to develop affordable housing throughout the state.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $       or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008 for the Hawaii community development authority, in cooperation with the city and county of Honolulu, to develop a plan for an affordable housing community within the Kalaeloa community development district.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii community development authority for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  No later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2008, the Hawaii community development authority shall submit to the legislature a report of the authority's progress in developing a plan for an affordable housing community within the Kalaeloa community development district.

     SECTION 4.  No later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2009, the Hawaii community development authority shall submit to the legislature a final report of the authority's development plan for an affordable housing community within the Kalaeloa community development district, including any proposed legislation.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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