STAND. COM. REP. NO.  117

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 486

 

 

 

 

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. 486 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to modify the procedure for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to develop housing projects that are exempt from various land use and construction statutes, ordinances, and rules by:

 

     (1)  Limiting the projects to units that are affordable to              households with incomes at or below 140 percent of the        median family income; and

 

     (2)  Providing the county legislative body and the Land Use         Commission with the option of approving the projects               with modifications.

 

     The HHFDC supported the intent of this bill.  The City and County of Honolulu's Department of Community Services and the County of Hawaii's Office of Housing and Community Development opposed this measure.

 


     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. 486 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair