STAND. COM. REP. NO.  693

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1354

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1354, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase development in the quantity and quality of housing in Hawaii by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating funds to various housing agencies for improving the quality of existing public and affordable housing structures; and

 

     (2)  Increasing the supply of affordable and public housing units in the State.

 

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; PHOCUSED; Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc.; Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice; Partners in Care; League of Women Voters of Hawaii; Faith Action for Community Equity Housing Task Force; Catholic Charities Hawaii; Hawaii Primary Care Association; The CHOW Project; Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation; and a few concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; and the Hawaii Association of Realtors commented on this measure.   

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1354, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair