STAND. COM. REP. NO. 980-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1744

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1744, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate bond proceeds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to begin the development and construction of permanent supportive housing units to meet the needs of chronically homeless individuals and families and other vulnerable populations in the State; and

(2) Authorize the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to consider any application for competitive federal low-income housing tax credits from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority or partner, or both, for the construction of these units.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Partners in Care, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the general bond obligation issuance amount to an unspecified amount; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1744, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1744, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair