STAND. COM. REP. NO.  176-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2293

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2293 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to partner with state and county departments and agencies to develop mixed-use developments to ensure that affordable housing will be in close proximity to jobs, shops, and other services.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Office of Planning, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Hawaii Association of Realtors, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2293 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair