STAND. COM. REP. NO.  621-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1539

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1539, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide fair opportunities for people on the waiting list to receive housing choice voucher program vouchers by requiring the surrender of vouchers when the last original member of a household vacates the housing unit or the last minor household member reaches the age of twenty-one.

 

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Homeless and Affordable Housing Institute, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Community Alliance for Mental Health provided comments 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. 1539, 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