STAND. COM. REP. NO.  606-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2813

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2813 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to conduct a study on creating incentives for public housing tenants to transition into permanent housing.

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  HPHA provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the study component relating to using a portion of section 8 or other rental assistance subsidies to transition to homeownership;

     (2)  Adding provisions to the study including the possibility of increasing the caps on maximum allowable rent, eviction of tenants who exceed the income limits, and methods of addressing repair and maintenance of vacant units;

     (3)  Requiring a copy of the report be sent to members of Hawaii's congressional delegation; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2813, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2813, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair