STAND. COM. REP. NO. 306

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1859

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 1859 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate $700,000 for fiscal year 2007-2008 and an additional $700,000 for fiscal year 2008-2009 to Hawaii Habitat for Humanity as a grant-in-aid to build two hundred self-help ownership homes in the State.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Habitat for Humanity Association and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii Habitat for Humanity and its affiliates contribute a great public service to the community by providing zero interest affordable housing to low-income families.  The service that Hawaii Habitat for Humanity and its affiliates provides helps to prevent more of Hawaii's low-income families from becoming homeless. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the specific amounts appropriated to encourage further discussion.

 

     The intent of this measure is to assist Hawaii Habitat for Humanity and its affiliates with building more affordable housing in the State.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1859, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1859, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair