HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

 

COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

Rep. Rida Cabanilla, Chair

Rep. Pono Chong, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Jerry L. Chang

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Denny Coffman

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Roland D. Sagum, III

Rep. Robert N. Herkes

Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Chris Lee

 

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING ONLY

No testimony will be accepted.  Room change only.

 

DATE:

Friday, February 13, 2009

TIME:

1:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 325 changed to Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on Feb. 4, 2009.

 

HB 1521

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Shortens time for notice, meeting, and grievance requirements for violations with rental agreements, leases, violation of rules, or maintenance in public housing.  Streamlines eviction process in public housing.

 

HSG, FIN

HB 1694

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to establish a minimum rent of $250 per month for all state public housing units.  Prohibits the Hawaii public housing authority from establishing preferences for tenant selection.

 

HSG, FIN

HB 202

Status

RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.

Requires notification of mortgage foreclosure to the tenant of rental property by the successor in interest prior to termination of the rental agreement and commencement of summary possession proceedings.  Provides that holdover tenants are liable to the successor in interest for the pro-rated share of rent and other charges authorized under the previous rental agreement, for each day the tenant remains in possession up until the commencement of summary possession proceedings, after which higher charges authorized under existing law apply.

 

HSG, CPC/JUD

HB 331

Status

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.

Requires that tenants of rental property be given sixty days written notice to vacate when the rental property is sold in foreclosure.  Requires that tenants of rental property be notified when foreclosure proceedings have begun on the rental property.

 

HSG, CPC/JUD

HB 443

Status

RELATING TO LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Requires landlord to give tenant prior notice of a foreclosure action and 30-day notice of foreclosure sale.

 

HSG, CPC

HB 522

Status

RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.

Requires mortgagees to provide notice to tenants of foreclosure and give them 45 days from the date of notice to vacate when their rental property is disposed of in either a judicial or non-judicial foreclosure.

 

HSG, JUD

HB 525

Status

RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Makes a mortgagee in possession or purchaser of residential rental property that has been foreclosed upon subject to a rental agreement between the previous landlord and a tenant.

 

HSG, CPC/JUD

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on Feb. 11, 2009.

 

 

HB 351

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Appropriates funds for the purpose of expenditures by the Hawaii public housing authority to make required repairs and renovations at public housing facilities to ensure compliance with state and federal law.

 

HSG, FIN

HB 1232

Status

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Requires a portion of housing units in residential developments constructed with state assistance, on land purchase or leased from the State and on land located in a community development district, to be sold pursuant to restrictions that ensure continued affordability over time.

 

HSG, FIN

HB 1592

Status

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes provisions for the leveraging of union financing for affordable housing projects.

 

HSG, FIN

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Rida Cabanilla

Chair