STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2033

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2773

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2773 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this short form measure is to amend the law relating to housing.

Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with language that addresses the housing needs of pineapple workers who are displaced by the closure of Del Monte Fresh Produce and are in danger of losing their homes at Kunia Camp.

Specifically, this measure provides for the following for displaced pineapple workers at Kunia, Oahu:

(1) A grant program to finance the purchase of existing homes by their current occupants;

(2) Mortgage loans at below-market interest rates for eligible borrowers to purchase their homes;

(3) Rent supplements to enable eligible families to rent safe, decent, and sanitary housing elsewhere in the private market;

(4) Rental assistance to owners of Kunia Camp housing who maintain existing units at affordable rents for displaced workers and their families;

(5) Loans or grants for the preservation and substantial rehabilitation of existing rental housing units;

(6) Funds for the demolition and reconstruction of dilapidated housing units; and

(7) Funds for direct downpayment loans to eligible borrowers for the purchase of their homes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2773, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2773, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing, for further consideration.

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

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RON MENOR, Chair