STAND. COM. REP. NO. 122-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 1934
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1934 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting blank appropriation amounts to facilitate discussion; and
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to further facilitate discussion.
Your Committees respectfully request the House Committee on Finance to consider the following appropriation amounts in its deliberations on this measure:
(1) $300,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 for substance abuse treatment and mental health support services for individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless (Section 2);
(2) $200,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 for clean and sober housing support services (Section 3);
(3) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the shallow subsidy rental assistance program for homeless working individuals and their families (Section 4);
(4) $750,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 to be deposited to the credit of the Housing First Special Fund for the continued administration of Housing First Programs for chronically homeless individuals (Section 6);
(5) $750,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 to be appropriated out of the Housing First Special Fund for the continued administration of the Housing First Program in assisting chronically homeless individuals (Section 7);
(6) $150,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 to support the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (Section 9);
(7) $500,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 to provide matching funds for the Continuum of Care Permanent Supportive Housing Programs (Section 11); and
(8) $100,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the construction and demonstration of innovative temporary housing solutions (Section 13).
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1934, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1934, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,
____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair |
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