THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

Senator Breene Harimoto, Chair

Senator Brickwood Galuteria, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 11, 2016

TIME:

3:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2036

      Status & Testimony

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF EAST KAUAI WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds.  Appropriates moneys to the county of Kauai to ensure the availability of affordable rental housing on the east side of the island of Kauai.

 

HOU, WAM

SB 2734

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds for deposit into the dwelling unit revolving fund for the development of infrastructure and improvements of on-site and off-site development.

 

HOU, WAM

SB 2834

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DWELLING UNIT REVOLVING FUND.

Authorizes the creation of Regional State Infrastructure Improvement Subaccounts within the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund and the use of the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund to provide loans and grants to finance regional state infrastructure improvements in areas of planned growth.

 

HOU, WAM

SB 2563

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING.

Makes the projects of the Hawaii public housing authority eligible for grants from the rental housing revolving fund.  Makes the Hawaii public housing authority eligible for the lease of land from the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation at token lease rent.  Revises the preferences and priorities for the funding of projects from the rental housing revolving fund.

 

HOU, WAM

SB 2565

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Repeals the state housing sales program of the Hawaii public housing authority.

 

HOU, WAM

SB 2570

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE RAPID RE-HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Requires DHS to establish a rapid re-housing assistance program to move homeless families and individuals into permanent housing as quickly as possible and achieve stability in that housing.  Requires the program to be designed and operated to qualify for federal emergency shelter grants.  Appropriates general funds for fiscal year 2016-17.  Effective 1/1/2017.

 

HOU, WAM

SB 2561

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING.

Establishes a goal of developing or vesting the development of at least 22,500 affordable rental housing units ready for occupancy between 01/01/17 and 12/31/26.  Establishes a temporary special action team on rental housing to recommend actions by the governor to achieve the goal.  Places the team under the lieutenant governor's office for administrative purposes and designates the lieutenant governor as special action team chair.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HOU, WAM

SB 2566

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Transfers excess moneys from the dwelling unit revolving fund and rental assistance revolving fund to the rental housing revolving fund.

 

HOU, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Breene Harimoto

Chair