STAND. COM. REP. NO.  18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 519

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 519 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide housing and support services for chronically homeless individuals by appropriating $1,000,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2013-2015 to the Housing First Special Fund to continue the housing first programs.

 

     Catholic Charities Hawaii, The Community Alliance for Mental Health, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, Partners in Care, and a concerned individual testified in support. The Department of Human Services and a concerned individual provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 519 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Housing,

 

 

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RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair

 

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MELE CARROLL, Chair