STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1485

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.R. No. 108

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.R. No. 108 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE TO ESTABLISH AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS AND BENCHMARKS TO MEASURE AND EVALUATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to urge:

 

(1)  The State to establish a statewide goal to develop 57,000 affordable housing units for occupancy by December 31, 2025; and

 

(2)  The Governor and the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu and their respective planning and permitting agencies to work together to establish production benchmarks and significantly increase the issuance of permits for the development of affordable housing within the urban core to achieve this goal.

 

     Several individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying provisions in the measure for consistency with Act 127, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, Relating to Rental Housing, to read:

 

(A)  For the period from 2015 to 2025, it will require an additional 64,700 housing units by 2025 to meet projected long-term housing demands, and of this amount, 22,247 households of all income levels will require rental units; and

 

(B)  The State is urged to establish a statewide goal to develop 64,700 housing units for occupancy by December 31, 2026; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 108, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 108, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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TOM BROWER, Chair