STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1573

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1394

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1394, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to address the increased need for housing by authorizing the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to enter into contracts with eligible developers to develop public housing projects in exchange for the right to develop a portion of a public housing project for commercial use.

 

     HPHA testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

 

     While your Committee notes the need to develop new housing for the State's lowest income populations, it is imperative that the commercial use of public housing property take into consideration the needs of the residents of the public housing project and should be beneficial to these residents.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1394, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1394, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair