STAND. COM. REP. NO. 371-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2431
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2431 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to comply with the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, P.L. 105-276, 112
Stat. 2461, by:

     (1)  Establishing resident advisory boards in federal public
          housing projects; 

     (2)  Adding a recipient of federal public housing benefits
          to the board of directors to the housing and community
          development corporation of Hawaii (HCDC board); and

     (3)  Increasing the HCDC board by two members.

     Testimony in support of this bill was submitted by the
Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance, the Housing and
Community Development Corporation, Catholic Charities, and the
Governor's Office.  Comments were submitted by several concerned
individuals.  Testimony in opposition to this bill was submitted
by the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that public housing residents should be
represented on the HCDC board in order to provide their input in

 
 
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housing policies and procedures that affect them.  Your Committee
further finds that public housing residents should have an input
in nominating two public members to serve on the HCDC board.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying the establishment of the resident advisory
          board;

     (2)  Providing a procedure for election of members and
          notices of vacancies on the resident advisory board;

     (3)  Providing a procedure for the resident advisory board
          in nominating two individuals who reside in state and
          federal public housing to the HCDC board; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity
          and style.
     
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2431, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2431, H.D.
1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair