STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1677-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 99

      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 Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 99 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING DEVELOPERS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLABORATE AND PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE HOUSING PLAN,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

(1)  Request that governmental agencies, private sector housing developers, and community organizations collaborate to produce a comprehensive statewide housing plan and report their findings to the Legislature; and

 

(2)  Request that certain standing committees of the Legislature host informational briefings to inform the public of ongoing plans for housing development in Hawaii.

 

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Community Alliance for Mental Health, and United Self Help supported this measure.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and 808 Reawake supported the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii Community Development Authority provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Requesting that the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation take the lead in producing the statewide housing plan by convening and chairing a working group and providing administrative support;

 

(2)  Encouraging federal governmental agencies to participate in the production of the plan; and

 

(3)  Allowing working group members to be reimbursed for incidental expenses, including travel costs, incurred in the performance of their duties.

 

     Your Committee recognizes that there will be expenses incurred by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation while producing the plan, and requests that $25,000 be appropriated to defray travel, publication, planning venue, and other costs.

 

     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 S.C.R. No. 99, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 99, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair