STAND. COM. REP. NO. 929

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 276

       H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 276, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SENIOR RESIDENCE AT PIIKOI, OAHU,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to address the affordable rental housing needs of Hawaii's aging population by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and making an appropriation for the construction of the Senior Residence at Piikoi, Oahu.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, City and County of Honolulu Department of Community Services, and Pacific Housing Assistance Corporation.

 

Your Committee finds that with the aging of Hawaii's population, the need for affordable rental housing becomes especially acute for senior citizens.  Nearly twenty-nine percent of Hawaii's population is over fifty years of age.  Facing challenging economic conditions, the ability to meet monthly housing expenses is a constant and growing concern for senior renters.

 

     Your Committee has heard testimony expressing concerns about the costs for the construction of the Senior Residence at Piikoi, Oahu, and requests that your Committee on Ways and Means consider inserting an amount of $10,000,000 for the authorization to issue general obligation bonds and appropriating the same amount for the Senior Residence at Piikoi.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 276, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

 

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair