STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2186

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1395

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1395, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is appropriate funds for the State Rent Supplement Program for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.

The Department of Human Services, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Hawaii Kai Homeless Task Force, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Partners in Care, and two individuals testified in support of this measure. The Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriations to unspecified amounts; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1395, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1395, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair