Honolulu, Hawaii
H.D. 1
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2432 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to clarify certain powers and responsibilities of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority regarding certain housing projects.
Your Committee finds that concentrating public housing for extremely low-income families in dense urban areas has shown to be an ineffective use of scarce affordable housing resources. Your Committee further finds that a shift has been made to instead create financially viable and socially stable mixed-income housing by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Your Committee believes that mixed-income and mixed-finance redevelopment is an attractive option that will contribute to the economic and social diversity and stability of the overall community in Hawaii.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2432, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2432, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,
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LUKE A. EVSLIN, Chair |
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