STAND. COM. REP. NO.  168

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 105

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 105 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to plan for the development of affordable housing within the Kalaeloa Community Development District established under the authority of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) by requiring a detailed development plan to be prepared by HCDA with the cooperation of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

     HCDA, the Hawaii Association of REALTORS, and Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Windward Homeless Coalition, Catholic Charities of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the development plan includes mixed-income residential dwellings, including rental and

          for-sale units;

 

     (2)  Specifying the allocation of affordable rental and

          for-sale units for each project within the plan;

 

     (3)  Requiring affordable units to be preserved as such in perpetuity;

 

     (4)  Requiring HCDA to consult with the community and receive public input for the plan;

 

     (5)  Deleting the requirement that the plan be designed as a prototype for other planned public-private partnerships to develop affordable housing in the state; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 105, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 105, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

 

 

 

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair